Family Careers : Rethinking the Developmental Perspective.

Family Careers : Rethinking the Developmental Perspective.

Family Careers makes use of the developmental approach to studying families in order to present a clear, up-to-date account of the changes in families from the time they are formed until they are dissolved. Particular emphasis is given to: the influence of social contexts on patterns of family inter...

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Main Author: Aldous, Joan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Subjects:
Families > United States.
Life change events.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Families
Life change events
Sozialisation
Familie
Gezin.
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I
  • The Family Careers Perspective; Chapter 1
  • Following Family Careers; Chapter 2
  • Family Time and Its Divisions; Chapter 3
  • The Family as a Social System; Chapter 4
  • The Making of Family Roles; Chapter 5
  • Developmental Tasks for Families and Individuals; Part II
  • Couple Relations Over Time; Chapter 6
  • Couple Beginnings: The Establishment of Intimate Commitment; Chapter 7
  • Couple Relations and Parenthood; Chapter 8
  • Partner Relations During the Child-Rearing Years; Chapter 9
  • Alone Again: Couples When Children Grow up.
  • Chapter 10
  • Elderly Couples and the End of the Family CareerPart III
  • Parent-Child Relations Over Time; Chapter 11
  • First Acquaintance; Chapter 12
  • Child Rearing in School and Work Contexts; Chapter 13
  • A Time of Transitions: Families with Adolescents; Part IV
  • Sibling Relations Over Time; Chapter 14
  • Sibling Relations from Givens to Choice; Chapter 15
  • A Summing-Up; References; Index; About the Author.

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