Handbook of Family Theories: A Content-based Approach

Handbook of Family Theories: A Content-based Approach
ISBN-10
0415879450
ISBN-13
9780415879453
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
514
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Mark A. Fine, Frank D. Fincham

Description

Each of the contributors describes how theory has been used to generate new knowledge in the field and suggests future directions for how theory may be used to extend our knowledge base. The book helps readers acquire a working knowledge of the key family science theories, findings, and issues and understand how researchers make use of these theories in their empirical efforts. To maximize accessibility, each of the renowned contributors addresses a common set of issues in their chapter: Introduction to the content area; Review of the key topics, issues, and findings; A description of each of the major theories used to study that particular content area; Limitations of the theories; Suggestions for better use of the theories and/or new theoretical advances; Conclusions about future theoretical developments.

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