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Preface, Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford. Part 1Background: The Family Context of Aging - Trends and Challenges, RosemaryBlieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford; Historical Perspectives on theFamily and Aging, Tamara K. Hareven; Aging and the Family - Present andFuture Demographic Issues, Kevin Kinsella. Part 2 Theoretical Frameworks andResearch Methods: The Family of the Second Half of Life - Connecting Theoriesand Findings, Bertram Cohler and Karen Altergott; Family Relations andIndividual Development in Adulthood and Aging, Carol D. Ryff and MarshaMailick Seltzer; Feminist Perspectives on Social Gerontology, Helena ZnanieckLopata; Family Dynamics and the Leisure Experiences of Older Adults -Theoretical Viewpoints, Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer; Methods andAnalysis of Family Data, David J. Mangen. Part 3 Family Relationships:Marriage and Close Relationships of the Marital Kind, Margaret Hellie Huyck;Sibling Relationships in Middle and Old Age, Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford;Aged Parents and Aging Children - Determinants of Relationship Quality, J.Jill Suitor et al; Grandparenting in an Era of Rapid Change, Joan F.Robertson. Part 4 The Context of Family Life: US Old Age Policy and theFamily, Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas; Legal Issues andFamily Involvement in Later Life Families, Robbyn R. Wacker; CulturalDiversity in the Late Life Family, Colleen L. Johnson; Aging and Kinship inRural Context, B. Jan McCulloch; Convoys of Social Relations - Family andFriendships Within a Lifespan Context, Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama.Part 5 Turning Points and Interventions: Families and Retirement, MaximilianeSzinovacz and David J. Ekerdt; The Effects of Illness on the Family, JeffreyW. Dwyer; Death and Bereavement, Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss;Widowhood, Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson; Families and FormalNetworks, Shirley S. Travis; Clinical Interventions with Later Life Families,Sara Honn Qualls.