This best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a theme especially relevant to today's dynamic global environment: making choices in a diverse society. The authors use an engaging narrative to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms. The balanced presentation discusses a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., family ecology, structure-functional, interaction-constructionist, family systems, biosocial), emphasizing both social structure and the importance of individual agency, choice, and decision-making. Students are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives.

1. Making Family Choices in a Changing Society.
2. Exploring Relationships and Families.
3. Gendered Identities and Families.
4. Our Sexual Selves.
5. Love and Choosing a Life Partner.
6. Nonmarital Lifestyles: Living Alone, Cohabiting, and Other Options.
7. Marriage: From Social Institution to Private Relationship.
8. Deciding About Parenthood.
9. Raising Children in a Diverse Society.
10. Work and Family.
11. Communication in Relationships, Marriages, and Families.
12. Power and Violence in Families.
13. Family Stress, Crisis, and Resilience.
14. Divorce and Relationship Dissolution.
15. Remarriages and Stepfamilies.
16. Aging and Multigenerational Families.

The Research And Data Have Been Thoroughly Updated.New Information On How Technology Affects Family Dynamics Has Been Added Throughout.Chapter-Specific Changes Include New Examples To Drive Home Various Theoretical Perspectives (Chapter 2); A New Section On "Race/Ethnic Diversity And Gender Expectations" (Chapter 3); And Expanded Discussion Of Transgender Throughout The Text.Chapter 4, "Our Sexual Selves," Includes A New Discussion Of Microaggressions Encountered By The Lgbt Community And A New Table Describing Recommended Sexuality Education Standards.Chapter 5, "Love And Choosing A Life Partner," Includes More Information On Cultural Diversity With Respect To Dating And Union Formation.Chapter 6, "Nonmarital Lifestyles: Living Alone, Cohabitating, And Other Options," Incorporates A Discussion Of Generational Differences In Attitudes About The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Being Single, With Particular Focus On The Millennial Generation.Chapter 7, "Marriage: From Social Institution To Private Relationship," Has Been Thoroughly Updated In Accordance With The Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage. The Chapter Also Includes New Statistics And Research Findings, And Presents Material About The Status Of Legal Same-Sex Marriage In A New Box, Facts About Families: Legal Same-Sex Marriage As A Successful Social Movement.Chapter 9, "Raising Children In A Diverse Society," Features Greater Recognition And New Discussions Of Gender Fluidity As Related To Parenting.Chapter 11, "Communication In Relationships, Marriages, And Families," Now Includes An "Issues For Thought" Box On Digital Communication And The Rise Of Social Media. The Box Explores The Impact Of New Technologies On Intimate Relationships And Families, And Presents New Information Regarding The Percentage Of Modern Families That Are Able To Eat The Evening Meal Together With Any Regularity.Chapter 12, "Power And Violence In Families," Now Addresses Power And Decision-Making Issues Among Same-Sex Married Couples.

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