The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society 10th Edition

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THE MARRIAGE & FAMILY EXPERIENCE: INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY, TENTH EDITION is the best-seller that brings together all elements of the course_including intimate relationships, family policy, and family issues. Engaging and now even more student-friendly than past editions (with an open, inviting new design that reflects this), THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY EXPERIENCE strikes just the right balance between an academic and more functional approach. The book draws from research in sociology, family studies, and related fields, and its sound sociological and family studies base is enhanced by other perspectives from anthropology, history, psychology, journalism, literature, economics, and gender studies. The book presents a positive, multicultural approach to today's relationships as it explores recent research on topics such as adoptive parenting, childbearing patterns, gay and lesbian families, the meaning of virginity, communication and conflict resolution, the influence of popular culture, the rights and benefits of marriage, and working families. The real-life examples, balanced presentation, and focus on self-assessment and reflection make the book especially accessible and encourage students to think and act for themselves. The Tenth Edition's progressive approach to diversity remains rooted in a positive, pro-family perspective. Key Feature Chapter-opening "What Do You Think?" questions, in true/false format, challenge students' assumptions and prepare them for a more scientific discussion of issues. These questions also draw students into the material by relating the topics to their own lives. An answer key indicates where in the text these topics are discussed. "Matter of Fact" features appear in the margins, providing interesting data that helps students relate to the material and alert them to related interesting studies, reinforcing the scientific nature of the discipline. This book is one of the few marriage and family books that offers a true balance between the two main branches of the market The authors explore the dual-income couple and look intensively at time management issues in Chapter 12, "Marriage, Work, and Economics." The book also includes material on how children perceive and are affected by their parents' occupations, as well as the effects of family-friendly workplace policies. Chapter 14, "Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce," covers the varied interpretations of divorce and its consequences, and incorporates recent research and literature on the mixed messages about divorce.

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UNIT 1. MEANINGS OF MARRIAGE & FAMILY. 1. The Meaning of Marriage and the Family. 2. Studying Marriages and Families. 3. Differences: Historical and Contemporary Variations in American Family Life. UNIT 2. INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS. 4. Gender and Family. 5. Friendship, Love, and Intimacy. 6. Understanding Sexuality. 7. Communication, Power, and Conflict. UNIT 3. FAMILY LIFE. 8. Singlehood, Pairing, and Cohabitation. 9. Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective. 10. Should We or Shouldn't We? Choosing Whether and How to Have Children. 11. Experiencing Parenthood: Roles & Relationships of Parents and Children. 12. Marriage, Work, and Economics. UNIT 4. FAMILY CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS. 13. Family Violence and Sexual Abuse. 14. Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce. 15. New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages, and Blended Families. Appendix A. Sexual Structure and Sexual Response Cycle. Appendix B. Pregnancy, Conception, and Fetal Development. Appendix C. The Budget Process.