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Toward an integrated science of research on families workshop report

"Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo rapid change, family science is at the brink of a new and exciting integration across methods,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Steve
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on the Science of Research on Families, National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Academies Press (U.S.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2011, 2011
Subjects:
United States
Research
Child Welfare
Family / Psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Family Relations
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Demographic perspectives on family change
  • Studying how families cope with poverty and economic stress: the role of quantitative and qualitative methods
  • Studying family processes in the clinical and prevention sciences
  • Family research methods and frameworks: examples from the study of biomarkers, child health, and econometric methods
  • Strengthening funding opportunities and training models for the future of integrated family research studies
  • Final observations
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-93)

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