Marriages and Families, 10th edition
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📚 Delivered within 24 hours via email Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices and Constraints offers a comprehensive introduction to the issues families face today. The text examines contemporary families through the lenses of the choices we make and the constraints that often limit these choices. Longtime author Nijole Benokraitis and new coauthor Karen Seccombe explore concepts via a variety of cross-cultural scenarios. Their multidisciplinary approach helps you understand the family in which you were raised as well as the family you may be forming yourself.
The 10th Edition offers updated discussions of family, parenting and relationships, with fresh coverage of topics such as decreasing marriage rates, current dating trends and more.
Published by Pearson (September 16th 2025) – Copyright © 2026
ISBN-13: 9780135397954
Subject: Sociology
Category: Marriage & Family
Description
Table of Contents
- The Changing Family
- Studying the Family
- Racial and Ethnic Family Diversity: Past and Present
- The Economy and Family Life
- Socialization and Gender
- Love and Loving Relationships
- Sexuality and Sexual Expression throughout Life
- Choosing Others: Dating and Mate Selection
- Singlehood and Cohabitation
- Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships
- Parenting: More Choices and Constraints
- Family Problems: Violence, Alcohol Abuse and Depression
- Separation, Divorce, Remarriage and Stepfamilies
- Families in Later Life
