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Preface Acknowledgments 1. Theory: What It Is and Why It Is ImportantNotable Differences Between Everyday Life and Family Research Example ofTheory Building and the Research Process Defining Family? Issues forYour Consideration Further Reading 2. Family Life Course Theory TheReadings Issues for Your Consideration Further Reading Involuntarycelibacy: A life course analysis - Donnelly, Burgess, Anderson, Davis, &Dillard, 2001 Life course transitions, the generational stake, andgrandparent-grandchild relationships - Crosnoe & Elder, 2002 3. Life-SpanDevelopmental Theory The Readings Issues for Your ConsiderationFurther Reading The influence of context, timing, and duration ofriskpassage from childhood to midadulthood experiences for the - Schoon,Bynner, Joshi, Parsons, Wiggins, & Sacker (2002) Marital status continuityand change among young and midlife adults: Longitudinal effects onpsychological well-being - Marks & Lambert, 1998 4. Social Learning TheoryThe Readings Issues for Your Consideration Further Reading A sociallearning theory model of marital violence - Mihalic & Elliott, 1997Intergenerational transmission of constructive parenting - Chen & Kaplan,2001 5. Social Exchange Theory The Readings Issues for YourConsideration Further Reading Costs and rewards of children: Theeffects of becoming a parent on adults' lives - Nomaguchi & Milkie, 2003Equity and social exchange in dating couples: Associations with satisfaction,commitment, and stability - Sprecher, 2001 6. Social Conflict Theory TheReadings Issues for Your Consideration Further Reading A conflicttheory of family violence - Witt, 1989 Status and income as genderedresources: The case of marital power - Tichenor, 1999 7. Feminist TheoryThe Readings Issues for Your Consideration Further Reading Feministvisions for transforming families: Desire and now equality then and - Allen,2001 Do gender roles matter? Family formulation and dissolution amongtraditional and egalitarian men and women - Kaufman, 2000 8. SymbolicInteractionism The Readings Issues for Your Consideration FurtherReading The symbolic origins of conflict in divorce - Hopper, 2001"They think you ain't much of nothing": Social construction of the welfaremother "They think you ain't nothing": The social construction of thewelfare - Seccombe & Walters, 1998 9. Family Systems Theory TheReadings Issues for Your Consideration Further Reading Relationsbetween identity formation and family characteristics of adults - Mullis,Brailsford, & Mullis, 2003 Structural family therapy - Vetere, 2001 10.Ecological Theory The Readings Issues for Your Consideration FurtherReading Balancing employment and fatherhood: A systems perspective - Berry& Rao, 1997 The social ecology of marriage and other intimate unionsGetting dinosaurs to dance: Community collaborations of theory - Perkins,Ferrari, Covey, & Keith, 1996 11. Discussion and Conclusions Overview ofDevelopments in Family Theory Thoughts on Future Directions ReferencesIndex About the Editors