Handbook of Marriage and the Family

Handbook of

Marriage

and the Family

Gary W. Peterson

Kevin R. Bush Editors

Third Edition

Handbook of Marriage and the Family

Gary W. Peterson • Kevin R. Bush

Editors

Handbook of Marriage

and the Family

Third Edition

Editors

Gary W. Peterson

Department of Family Studies

and Social Work

Miami University

Oxford, OH, USA

Kevin R. Bush

Department of Family Studies

and Social Work

Miami University

Oxford, OH, USA

ISBN 978-1-4614-3986-8 ISBN 978-1-4614-3987-5 (eBook)

DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3987-5

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Projects like this Handbook coincide with many life course

transitions experienced by the many talented chapter

contributors who made this book possible. During the progress

of this work, chapter authors changed their employment,

experienced family transitions, were victimized by serious

illness, and made great contributions to our knowledge about

families, to name only a few things. We especially would like to

recognize two of our colleagues, Dr. Alfred L. Joseph of Miami

University and Dr. Alexis Walker of Oregon State University,

who passed away during the fi nal stages of this project. Both

were talented scholars and wonderful people who wrote about

families and human relationships with great creativity and

understanding. Both believed passionately in human equality

and social justice and sought to make the world a better place

in their daily lives. Alexis and Alfred taught us much, touched

our hearts, and left us with remarkable legacies to remember

them by.

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1 Introduction: Balancing Connectedness and Autonomy

in Diverse Families ....................................................................... 1

Gary W. Peterson and Kevin R. Bush

Part I Theoretical and Methodolocal Issues

2 The Current Status of Theorizing About Families ................... 11

James M. White

3 The Demography of Families ...................................................... 39

Jay Teachman, Lucky Tedrow, and Gina Kim

4 Quantitative Methodology for Family Science .......................... 65

Alan C. Acock and Isaac Washburn

5 Qualitative Family Research: Enduring Themes

and Contemporary Variations .................................................... 91

Jane F. Gilgun

6 Systemic and Ecological Qualities of Families .......................... 121

Stephen A. Anderson, Ronald M. Sabatelli, and Iva Kosutic

7 Feminism and Families ................................................................ 139

Katherine R. Allen, Alexis J. Walker, and Brandy Renee McCann

8 Stress Processes in Families and Couples .................................. 159

Yoav Lavee

9 Conceptualizing Cultural Influences on Socialization:

Comparing Parent–Adolescent Relationships

in the United States and Mexico ................................................. 177

Gary W. Peterson and Kevin R. Bush

Part II Relationships, Processes, and Roles in Families

10 Dating and Mate Selection .......................................................... 211

Catherine A. Surra and Jill M. Boelter

11 Marital Relationships in the Twenty-First Century ................. 233

Heather M. Helms

Contents

viii Contents

12 Living Together Unmarried: What Do We Know

About Cohabiting Families? ....................................................... 255

Fiona Rose-Greenland and Pamela J. Smock

13 Parent–Child Relationships in Diverse Contexts ...................... 275

Kevin R. Bush and Gary W. Peterson

14 Theory and Research Pertaining to Families

with Adolescents ........................................................................... 303

Stephen Gavazzi

15 Sibling Relationships ................................................................... 329

Susan M. McHale, Kimberly A. Updegraff,

and Shawn D. Whiteman

16 Fathers’ Nurturance of Children over the Life Course ............ 353

William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy

17 Adulthood and Aging in Families ............................................... 377

Adam Davey and Emiko Takagi

18 Gender and Family Relations ..................................................... 401

Velma McBride Murry, Lindsay Satterwhite Mayberry,

and Cady Berkel

19 Sexuality in Families: The (Re-) Creation

of Sexual Culture .......................................................................... 423

Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Judith L. Weiner,

and Stephen T. Russell

20 Family Violence ............................................................................ 449

Sally A. Lloyd

21 Marital Dissolution ...................................................................... 487

Sanford L. Braver and Michael E. Lamb

22 Remarriage and Stepfamily Life ................................................ 517

Brad van Eeden-Moorefield and B. Kay Pasley

Part III Families and Other Institutions

23 Work and Family Through Time and Space:

Revisiting Old Themes and Charting New Directions .............. 549

Maureen Perry-Jenkins and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

24 Family Economic Well-Being ...................................................... 573

Jing Jian Xiao

25 The Division of Household Labor ............................................... 613

Sampson Lee Blair

26 Religion and Family Research in the Twenty-First

Century ......................................................................................... 637

Marie Cornwall

Contents ix

Part IV Diversity in Family Life

27 Family Lives of Lesbian and Gay Adults ................................... 659

Charlotte J. Patterson

28 African American Families: Research Progress

and Potential in the Age of Obama............................................. 683

Mia A. Smith-Bynum

29 The Adjustment of Asian American Families

to the U.S. Context: The Ecology of Strengths and Stress ........ 705

Yan Ruth Xia, Kieu Anh Do, and Xiaolin Xie

30 Latino Families in the United States .......................................... 723

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Kimberly A. Updegraff

Part V Application of Family Social Science

31 Social Policies and Families Through an Ecological Lens ........ 751

Bethany L. Letiecq, Elaine A. Anderson, and Alfred L. Joseph

32 Families and Communities: A Social Organization

Theory of Action and Change ..................................................... 781

Jay A. Mancini and Gary L. Bowen

33 Family Life Education: Issues and Challenges

in Professional Practice ............................................................... 815

Charles B. Hennon, M. Elise Radina,

and Stephan M. Wilson

34 Family Therapy: An “Emerging Field” ..................................... 845

Suzanne Bartle-Haring and Natasha Slesnick

35 Teaching About Family Science as a Discipline ........................ 861

Sandra J. Bailey and Deborah B. Gentry

Part VI Afterword

36 Diverse Families: Islands of Refuge in the Midst

of Troubled Waters? .................................................................... 887

Gary W. Peterson and Kevin R. Bush

Index ...................................................................................................... 897

xi

Alan C. Acock, PhD Department of Human Development and Family

Sciences , College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University ,

Corvallis , OR , USA

Katherine R. Allen, PhD Department of Human Development , Virginia

Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg , VA , USA

Elaine A. Anderson , PhD Department of Family Science , School of Public

Health, University of Maryland, College Park , College Park , MD , USA

Stephen A. Anderson , PhD Department of Human Development and

Family Studies , University of Connecticut , Mans fi eld , CT , USA

Sandra J. Bailey, PhD Montana State University , Bozeman , MT , USA

Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD Department of Human Development and

Family Science , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA

Cady Berkel, PhD Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA

Sampson Lee Blair, PhD Department of Sociology , The State University of

New York , Buffalo , NY , USA

Jill M. Boelter, MA Department of Human Development and Family

Science , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , TX , USA

Gary L. Bowen , PhD, ACSW School of Social Work , The University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA

Sanford L. Braver, PhD Department of Psychology , Arizona State Univer￾sity , Tempe , AZ , USA

Kevin R. Bush, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social Work , Miami

University , Oxford , OH , USA

Mia A. Smith- Bynum, PhD Department of Family Science, School of Pub￾lic Health, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA

Marie Cornwall , PhD Department of Sociology, College of Family, Home,

and Social Science, Brigham Young University , Provo , UT , USA

Adam Davey, PhD Department of Public Health , Temple University , Philadel￾phia , PA , USA

Contributors

xii Contributors

Kieu Anh Do Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University

of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , NE , USA

Brad Eeden-Moore fi eld van, MSW, PhD Department of Human Devel￾opment and Family Studies , Central Michigan University , Mount Pleasant ,

MI , USA

Dr. Stephen Gavazzi, PhD Department of Human Development and Family

Science, Center for Family Research , Ohio State University , Columbus ,

OH , USA

Deborah B. Gentry, EdD Instructional Development Center , Heartland Com￾munity College , Normal , IL , USA

Jane Gilgun , PhD, LICSW School of Social Work , University of Minnesota ,

St. Paul , MN , USA

Fiona Rose- Greenland, PhD Department of Sociology , University of

Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI , USA

Heather M. Helms, PhD Department of Human Development and Family

Studies , The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro ,

NC , USA

Charles B. Hennon, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social Work ,

Miami University , Oxford , OH , USA

Alfred L. Joseph, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social Work , Mi￾ami University , Oxford , OH , USA

Gina Kim Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle , WA , USA

Iva Kosutic, PhD Marriage and Family Therapy Programs, University of

Connecticut, Mans fi eld, CT, USA

Kathrine A. Kuvalanka, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social

Work , Miami University , Oxford , OH , USA

Michael E. Lamb Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge ,

Cambridge , UK

Yoav Lavee, PhD School of Social Work , University of Haifa , Mount

Carmel , Haifa , Israel

Bethany L. Letiecq , PhD Department of Health and Human Development ,

Montana State University , Bozeman , MT , USA

Sally A. Lloyd, PhD Department of Educational Leadership and Women’s

Studies , Miami University , Oxford , OH , USA

Jay A. Mancini, PhD Department of Human and Family Science , University

of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA

William Marsiglio, PhD Department of Sociology , University of Florida ,

Gainesville , FL , USA

Contributors xiii

Lindsay Satterwhite Mayberry, PhD Vanderbilt University , Nashville ,

TN , USA

Brandy Renee McCann , PhD Department of Gerontology, Sociology and

Political Science, University of Louisiana , Monroe , LA , USA

Susan M. McHale, PhD Department of Human Development and Family

Studies, College of Health and Human Development , The Pennsylvania State

University , University Park , PA , USA

Velma McBride Murry, PhD Department of Human and Organizational

Development , Vanderbilt University, Peabody College , Nashville , TN , USA

B. Kay Pasley , PhD Department of Family and Child Sciences, 0225H

SAN , Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL , USA

Charlotte Patterson, PhD Department of Psychology , University of

Virginia , Charlottesville , VA , USA

Maureen Perry-Jenkins , PhD University of Massachusetts , Amherst ,

MA , USA

Gary W. Peterson, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social Work ,

Miami University , Oxford , OH , USA

M. Elise Radina, PhD Department of Family Studies and Social Work ,

Miami University , Oxford , OH , USA

Kevin Roy, PhD Department of Family Science , School of Public Health,

University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA

Stephen T. Russell , PhD Department of Family Studies and Human

Development, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ,

The University of Arizona , Tuscon , AZ , USA

Ronald M. Sabatelli , PhD Department of Human Development & Family

Studies , University of Connecticut, Mans fi eld , CT , USA

Natasha Slesnick, PhD Department of Human Development and Family

Science , Ohio State University, Columbus , OH , USA

Pamela J. Smock, PhD Department of Sociology and Population Studies

Center, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI , USA

Catherine A. Surra, PhD School of Behavioral Sciences and Education,

Penn State University Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA

Emiko Takagi , PhD Gerontology Program, Department of Health Science ,

Towson University , Towson , MD , USA

Jay Teachman , PhD Department of Sociology, AH 505 , Western Washington

University , Bellingham , WA , USA

Lucky Tedrow, PhD Center for Social Science Instruction, Demographic

Research Laboratory, Sociology Department , Western Washington University ,

Bellingham , WA , USA

xiv Contributors

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor , PhD School of Social and Family Dynamics,

Program in Family and Human Development , Arizona State University ,

Tempe , AZ , USA

Kimberly A. Updegraff, PhD School of Social Dynamics , Arizona State

University , Tempe , AZ , USA

Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth , PhD Department of Child Development

and Family Studies , Purdue University , West Lafayette , IN , USA

Alexis J. Walker, PhD College of Health and Human Sciences , Oregon

State University , Corvallis , OR , USA

Isaac Washburn, PhD Oregon Social Learning Center , Eugene , OR , USA

Judith L. Weiner , PhD Department of Communication , Miami University ,

Oxford , OH , USA

James M. White , PhD Department of Sociology , University of British

Columbia , Vancouver , BC , Canada

Shawn D. Whiteman, PhD Department of Human Development and

Family Studies, Purdue University , West Lafayette , IN , USA

Stephan M. Wilson, Dean College of Human Environmental Sciences ,

Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , OK , USA

Yan Ruth Xia , PhD Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies

University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , NE , USA

Jing Jian Xiao , PhD University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI , USA

Xiaolin Xie, PhD Northern Illinois University , DeKalb , IL , USA