Family Life Now
by Kelly J. Welch
4th Edition
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781071903452 |
| eText ISBN | 9781071903483 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, Inc |
| Publishing Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 728 |
Family Life Now, 4th Edition, by Kelly J. Welch, is an academic textbook designed for undergraduate students and university instructors examining contemporary domestic and interpersonal dynamics. Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, this text integrates human development and family science disciplines to analyze intimate partners and family members within modern social contexts.
The text synthesizes key relational processes, focusing on family communication patterns, conflict resolution, forgiveness, gender biology, culture, and gender socialization. The subject matter further explores intimate affectionate bonds, love theories, companionate love, interpersonal attraction, dating choices, nonmarital cohabitation, singlehood, marital transitions, and factors associated with satisfying marriages.
Written using a first-person narrative style of writing, this 728-page work equips students interested in helping profession careers to provide couple and family life education. The material provides direct educational support for undergraduate learners aiming to become social workers, therapists, psychologists, teachers, early childhood providers, and healthcare providers.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Family Life Now
- • What Is Marriage?
- • What Is Family?
- • Contemporary Families
- • Families in Cultural Contexts
- • Family Life Education: The Study of Families Through A Family Lens
- • Family Life Education: Strengthening Families
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 2: Understanding Families Through Research and Theory
- • Understanding Families Through Research
- • Becoming a Consumer of the Literature
- • Understanding Families Through Theory
- • Family Interactions and You
- • Family Life Education: Creating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Family Programming
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness
- • The Communication Process
- • Communication Between Men and Women
- • Types of Communication
- • Cornerstones of Communication
- • Conflict in Relationships
- • The Role of Forgiveness in Family and Intimate Relationships
- • Family Life Education: Forging Family Strengths
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society
- • It Matters: The Biology of Gender
- • It Matters: The Culture of Gender
- • Gender Polarization: Complementary Opposites—Or Inequality?
- • The Theories of Gender Development
- • It Matters: The Agents of Socialization
- • It Matters: Gender and Contemporary Issues
- • Family Life Education: Practicing With Sensitivity and Respecting Diversity
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
- • Intimacy: Do We Have a Need to Relate to Others?
- • What Do Intimate Relationships Look Like?
- • The Psychosocial Development of Children
- • Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Psychosocial Development
- • Obstacles to Intimacy
- • Family Life Education: Valuing Diverse Couple Experiences
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
- • Love Is a Cultural and Historical Experience
- • What Is Love, Actually?
- • Companionate Love: Experiencing Love as a Commitment
- • Developing Love
- • Theories of Love and Loving
- • Family Life Education: Relating to Others With Respect, Sincerity, and Responsibility
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 7: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, Partnering, and Cohabitation
- • “Frisky Business”: Interpersonal Attraction Theories
- • The Path to Commitment
- • Relationship Development
- • Nonmarital Cohabitation: Living Together
- • Family Life Education: Using Reinforcing Strategies to Aid Couple Formation and Maintenance
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 8: Singlehood, Coupling, and Marriage
- • Being Single
- • The Act of Marriage
- • The Transition to Marriage: Why It’s So Tough
- • Satisfying Marriages
- • Family Life Education: Identifying Social and Cultural Influences Affecting the Marital Experience
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
- • Learning Sexuality: Cultural Contributions
- • Our Sexual Selves
- • Sexually Transmitted Infections
- • Relationships and Sex
- • Cheating: Sex Outside the Relationship
- • Experiencing Sexual Difficulties
- • Family Life Education: Advancing Healthy Sexual Well-Being From a Value-Respectful Position
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 10: Becoming Parents: Choices and Challenges
- • Childbearing Trends: Who’s Having Babies?
- • Having Children: Now, Later, or Never?
- • Being Pregnant and Giving Birth
- • Unexpected Outcomes
- • Adoption: By Circumstance or Choice
- • Contraception and Abortion
- • Family Life Education: Fostering Healthy Family Formation
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 11: Parenting Life Now
- • Change Over Time: Parenting Is a Process
- • From Partners to Parents: Making the Transition
- • Today’s Parents
- • Parenting 101: Best Practices for Parenting
- • Family Life Education: Guiding and Influencing a Child’s Development
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 12: Family Life and Work: A Balancing Act
- • Working Families: The Transformation of American Homes
- • A Portrait of Contemporary Dual-Earner Couples
- • Couples and Work: Just Trying to Make Ends Meet
- • The Balancing Act: Juggling Family Life and Work
- • Policies for Working Families
- • Marriage and Money
- • Family Life Education: Understanding and Assisting Families’ Decisions
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
- • Uncoupling
- • Emotionally Ending the Marriage/Couple
- • Legally Ending the Marriage: The Formal Divorce
- • Avoiding Divorce: Getting a Marriage Back on Track
- • Family Life Education: Educating and Assisting Families Through Transition and Change
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 14: Rebuilding: Family Life Following Couple Dissolution and Divorce
- • The Aftermath of Divorce: Transitions
- • How Divorce Affects Children and Adolescents
- • Challenges for Single Parents
- • Transitions to Repartnering
- • Family Life Education: Protecting Children’s and Adults’ Well-Being
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
- • Family Change
- • Family Crisis
- • Family Coping and Resilience
- • The Crisis of Family Violence
- • Family Life Education: Providing Knowledge and Skills
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
- • Aging and the Aged
- • Marriage Experiences Through Aging
- • Intergenerational Ties
- • Family Changes Toward the End of Life
- • Dying and Death Experiences
- • Family Life Education: Removing Barriers and Assisting in Transitions
- • Summary
- • Key terms
Customer Reviews
0.0
0 reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!
Write a Review
Reviewed by GradeFocus Editorial Team
▶Research Sources (12)
- Family Life Now
- Family Life Now by Welch, Kelly J. (9781071903483)
- Family Life Now - Kelly J. Welch
- eBook: Family Life Now von Kelly J. Welch
- Family Life Now by Kelly Welch 4th ed. ? : r/textbooks
- Family Life Now / Welch, Kelly J. ＜電子版
- Family Life Now - ISBN 9781071903452
- https://www.textbookrush.com/browse/books/97815443...
- Family Life Now (Paperback) by Kelly J. Welch
- Family Life Now [9781071903452]
- Family Life Now - Kelly J. Welch
- Family life now : Welch, Kelly J : Free Download, Borrow ...
