TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sabourin,Teresa Chandler
TI  - The contemporary American family: a dialectical perspective on communication and relationships 
SN  - 9781452264257
AV  - HQ536 .S213 2003eb
U1  - 306.850973 23
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Change (Psychology)
KW  - Families
KW  - United States
KW  - Familles
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Changement (Psychologie)
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
KW  - Alternative Family
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Familie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sozialer Wandel
KW  - Gezin
KW  - gtt
KW  - Psychologische aspecten
KW  - USA
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index; A Dialectical Approach to Family --; Conceptual Tools --; Dialectical Management Patterns --; Interface of Culture and Dialectical Management Patterns --; Dialectical Classification: Context and Interaction --; Defining the Contemporary Family --; Defining the Family --; Criteria for Defining Family --; The Contemporary Family: Structural Diversity --; Common Family Structures --; Cultural Diversity in the New American Family --; Religion and Family Culture --; Diversity in Sexual Orientation --; Racial and Ethnic Diversity --; Developmental Diversity --; Approaches to Development --; Functional Diversity in the Family: The "Dark Side" --; The Impact of Alcoholism on the Family --; Domestic Violence --; The Dark Side of Divorce --; Bringing Light into Darkness: Family Spirituality --; A Spiritual Approach to Family --; 12-Step Programs; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Written to expand the definition of the contemporary American family to be more inclusive, this text approaches diversity as the norm and does not assume conventional family values. The theoretical position is the dialectical approach, which assumes paradox and relational tension as normal
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