Sourcebook of Family Theory & Research

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Synopsis

Bengtson (U. of Southern California), Acock (Oregon State U.), Allen (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.), Dilworth- Anderson (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Klein (U. of Notre Dame) edit this text, which brings together a group of diverse contributors ranging in race and ethnicity, age and seniority, and gender and sexual orientation. Chapters explore changing family patterns, changing family interactions with and across generations, families and larger social forces, and future family research. A concluding section discusses issues of teaching family theories and research. Features include: a focus on the process rather than the outcomes of family theory and research methods, emphasis of the value of multi- methods approaches in family research by integrating theory development with the development of research methods, and an interactive website. This book is for scholars and researchers in Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology, and can be used in graduate courses on family theory and methodology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is Director, Center for Aging and Diversity in the Institute on Aging at Chapel Hill and Professor of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health. She earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1975 and also received training in family therapy from the Family Institute of Chicago, Institute of Psychiatry, Northwestern University. In 1989 she received additional training in family issues and Alzheimer's disease from the Harvard Geriatric Education Center. Her research and publications have included both theoretically and empirically-based topics on ethnic minority families, with emphasis on older African-Americans. In addition to being cited in professional journals, her work has been cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, and numerous local and regional newspapers. She has received funding to support her research from the National Institute on Aging, the Administration on Aging, the March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation, the Alzheimer's Association and GalxoSmithKline.