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Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies: A Dynamic Approach

Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies: A Dynamic Approach

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This sourcebook provides a comprehensive overview of family science theories and methodologies, highlighting recent research and potential future applications. It covers risk and resilience, feminist, critical race, and social exchange theories, ambiguous loss, intersectionality, Queer, and family development theory, life course framework, biosocial theory and biomarker methods, symbolic interactionism, ethnography, mixed methods, participatory action research, and evaluation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 772 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG


This sourcebook is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for family science, offering a wide-ranging overview of traditional and contemporary theories and methodologies to enhance our understanding of complex family realities. It delves into broad developments in research design and conceptualization, while also providing a historical perspective on the field's evolution over time, particularly in emerging theories from the past several decades. Each chapter provides a summary and evaluation of a major theory or methodological approach, exploring its main principles, debates, challenges, historical development, practical applications in policy, education, and research, and connections to other theories and methodologies. The book highlights recent research of note, emphasizing the potential for innovative future applications. Key areas of coverage include risk and resilience, family stress, feminist, critical race, and social exchange theories, ambiguous loss, intersectionality, Queer, and family development theory, life course framework, biosocial theory and biomarker methods, symbolic interactionism, ethnography, mixed methods, participatory action research, and evaluation. Overall, this sourcebook is essential reading for researchers, practitioners, and students in the field of family science, providing a valuable foundation for understanding and addressing the complex challenges facing families today.

Weight: 1352g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030920012
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022

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