Table of Contents Introduction What is Theory? Family Theory Text Organization 1. Symbolic Interactionism History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING A Grounded Theory of Becoming a First-Time Father due to a High-Risk Pregnancy, by Tanasirjiranont, R., Kantaraksa, K., Sansiriphan, N., & Jordan, P.L. 2. Family Development Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Emotional Intelligence and Marital Communication Among Married Couples at Different Stages of Marriage, by Zmaczynska-Witek, B.
, Komborska, M., & Rogowska, A. 3. Family Stress Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Finances, Religion, and the FAAR Model: How Religion Exacerbates and Alleviates Financial Stress, by LeBaron, A. B., Kelley, H. H., Hill, E.
J., & Galbraith, Q. 4. Family Systems Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Circumplex Model of Family Functioning in Turkish Culture: Western family systems model in a Eurasian country, by Turkdogan, T., Duru, E., & Balkis, M. 5. Ecological Systems Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Applying the Ecological Systems Theory to Better Understand and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, by Martinello, E.
6. Conflict Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Parents'' and children''s power effectiveness during polyadic family conflict: Process and outcome, by Porta, S.D., Howe, N., & Persram, R.J. 7. Social Exchange Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Together despite the odds: Explaining racial and ethnic heterogeneity in union dissolution after incarceration, by Widdowson, A.
O., Jacobson, W.C., Winnick, S.E., & Warren, P.Y. 8.
Attachment Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Maternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior, by Zaro, B., J., Lathren, C., Mills-Koonce, R. 9. Feminist Family Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Chinese Immigrant Mothers Negotiating Family and Career: Intersectionality and the Role of Social Support, by Wing, V., Leung, Y., Zhu, Y.
, Peng, H., & Tsang, A.K.T. 10. Biosocial Theory History Basic Assumptions Primary Terms and Concepts Career Application Common Areas of Research and Application Critique Application SAMPLE READING Do birds of a playful feather flock together? Playfulness and assertive mating by Chick, G., Proyer, R., Purrington, A.
, & Yarnel, C. Epilogue Index.