COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES TO THE 2ND EDITION: Global changes in the Second Edition include an expanded graphics and photo program, more attention to diversity and multi-cultural issues, and the inclusion of cutting-edge research, with hundreds of new research studies and demographic trends reported. Further, chapter lengths have been streamlined and condensed where possible. A New Chapter (12) on Work and Family explores the challenges and transformation of the modern working family, and includes a discussion of marriage and money, an exploration of government policies and how they affect working families, and a survey of the unique issues faced by families with members in the armed services. Updated chapters 1 and 2 from the previous edition have been combined into one succinct chapter that explores the meaning of family today, the various cultural contexts in which the modern family operates, and the significance of the family education framework. CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER CHANGES Chapter One: Family Life Now expanded coverage of racial/ethnic compositions of families. new discussion about Native American/Alaska Native families . expanded discussions about the significance of collectivist and individualistic cultures, and how these social identities shape family experiences. Bronfenbrenner''s Ecological Model (moved from Chapter 2 to Chapter 1).
revised discussion about Family Life Education to include information about practicing as a Family Life Educator. New Figures Figure 1.1: The Types of Households in the United States Figure 1.2: Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 Living in Various Family Arrangements Figure 1.3: Percent of Children Living with a Cohabiting Parent, by Race Figure 1.5 : Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women, by Race Figure 1.6: Characteristics of American Indian/Alaska Native Households Figure 1.8: (Timeline with photos to run along bottom of pages) Timeline of Family Life Education Added Research Studies (selected) "Acculturation and the sexual reproductive health of Latino youth in the United States" (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006).
"Between religion and desire: Being Muslim and gay in Indonesia" (Boellstorff, 2005). "Sexuality in Islam" (Bouhdiba, 2001). "Getting past our myths and stereotypes about Native Americans." (Fleming, 2007). "Environmental, social, and personal correlates of having ever had sexual intercourse among American Indian youths." (Hellerstedt et al., 2006). "Great Mysteries: Native North American religions and participatory visions" (Makes Marks, 2007).
"Cohabitation and marital dissolution." (Manning & Jones, 2006). "The sources of gender role attitudes among Christian and Muslim Arab-American women" (Read, 2003). "Contested meanings of the veil and political ideologies of Iranian regimes." (Zahedi, 2007). Chapter Two: Understanding Families through Theory and Research definitions of quantitative and qualitative ; expanded discussion about these two concepts. the discussion about The Family Life Cycle is condensed and presented in table form. updated trends (U.
S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008). New Feature Box , Family Life Now Research with Animals in Social Science . New Figures Figure 2.4: Timeline of the Human Life Cycle, with photos Added Research Studies (selected) "Marital happiness and psychological well-being across the life course" (Kamp et al., 2008). Chapter Three: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness new discussion about communication between men and women, and different ways in which the sexes communicate. Men''s Communication: Offering Advice Women''s Communication: Connecting with Others And Herein Lies the Problem new discussion about the role of forgiveness in family and intimate relationships.
What is Forgiveness?This section discusses forgiveness at the individual level and at the relationship level. Communicating Forgiveness: A Family Process. Here, we discuss how we communicate forgiveness directly, indirectly, and with conditions. The Barriers and Benefits New Reading "Forgive for Good" Added Research Studies (selected) "Forgiveness in marriage: Current status and future directions" (Fincham et al., 2006). "Responses to interpersonal transgressions in families: forgivingness, forgivability, and relationship-specific effects" (Hoyt et al., 2005). "Attitudinal ambivalence, rumination, and forgiveness of partner transgressions in marriage" (Kachadourian et al.
, 2005). "Forgiveness and its associations with prosocial thinking, feelings, and doing beyond the relationship with the offender" (Karremans et al., 2005). "Validating the developmental pathway of forgiveness" (Knutson et al., 2008). "Unraveling the role of forgiveness in family relationships" (Maio et al., 2008). "Forgiveness in marriage: Putting the benefits into context" (McNulty 2008).
"Communicating forgiveness in friendships and dating relationships" (Merolla, 2008). "Dispositional forgiveness of self, others, and situations" (Thompson et al., 2005). Chapter Four: Gender in Today''s Society a new chapter opener vignette. streamlined discussion of the biological foundations of gender. a new discussion about masculinity and femininity Masculinity: "Doing" Male. This section includes a discussion about black masculinities, intercultural masculinities, and the pressures associated with cultural concepts of masculinity. Femininity: "Doing" Female.
This section discusses intercultural femininities and whether being a girl/woman means a lower status. New discussion about gender inequality, which includes discussions about the glass ceiling, the wage gap, and the confidence gap, with updated data and trends from the U.S. Census Bureau. a new discussion about the agents of socialization. This section includes discussions about learning gender from parents, play, peers, and the media; it also includes an updated discussion about gay and lesbian parents. New Figures Figure 4.2: The Yin-Yang of Relationships Figure 4.
3(a): Income of Men and Women, 1953-2005 Figure 4.3(b): Income Inequity in the U.S. New Tables Table 4.1: The Femininity Ideology Scale Table 4.2: Gender Differences in Annual Median Income, by Education Table 4.3: Sex Segregation, by Occupation Table 4.4: Self-Confidence of First-Year College Students, by Gender Table 4.
6: Global Classifications of Gender Added Research Studies (selected) "Acculturation and the sexual reproductive health of Latino youth in the United States" (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006). "Intercultural dimensions of communicating masculinities" (Jandt & Hundley, 2007). "The Femininity Ideology Scale" (Levant et al., 2007). "Confucianism and women: A philosophical interpretation" (Rosenlee, 2006). "The gender gap in college" (Sax, 2008). "Wrestling with masculinity: Messages about manhood in the WEE" (Soulliere, 2006). "Counseling the culturally different: Theory and practice" (Sue & Sue, 2003).
"African American men, gender role conflict, and psychological distress: The role of racial identity" (Wester et al., 2006). "Culture, masculinity, and psychological well-being in Punjab, India" (Yim & Mahalingam, 2006). Chapter Five: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds a new discussion about the differences in intimacy experiences in collectivist and individualistic cultures. a streamlined discussion about the psychosocial development of children, adolescents, and young adults, with emphasis placed on the significance of peer groups during these developmental stages. New Figure Figure 5.2: Percentage of College Students who Have Same-Group Friendships, by Race New Research Studies (selected) "Does campus diversity promote friendship diversity?" (Fisher, 2008). "Cross-sex friendships: Who has more?" (Lenton & Webber, 2006).
"Cultural differences in intimacy: The influence of gender-role ideology and individualism-collectivism" (Marshall, 2008). "A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory" (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). "How do we decide whom are friends are?" (Rybak & McAndrew, 2006). "How do friendships form?" (Sacerdote & Marmaros, 2005). Chapter Six: Love and Loving a streamlined discussion about the history of love and romance. an updated discussion about the influence of culture on passionate love experiences. a new section about the Negative Sides of Love . This section includes sections about stalking and jealou.