Methods of Family Research

re: vol II "This is a good book, providing a wide variety of field studies for social science students."—Readings"...the book is timely and has much to offer. It is a compendium of impressive research programs and provides an overview of the programs not obtainable from articles documenting their findings."—Contemporary Psychology"....The volume makes fascinating and valuable reading."—Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

• Volume IContents: I.E. Sigel, G. Brody, Preface. P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, Becoming a Family: Research and Intervention. A.V. McGillicuddy-DeLisi, Parental Beliefs Within the Family Context: Development of a Research Program. I.E. Sigel, Journeys in Serendipity: The Development of the Distancing Model. S. Scarr, R.A. Weinberg, The Nature-Nurture Problem Revisited: The Minnesota Adoption Studies. R.D. Parke, In Search of Fathers: A Narrative of an Empirical Journey. G. Brody, Z. Stoneman, Sibling Relationships. J. Brooks-Gunn, Adolescents as Daughters and as Mothers: A Developmental Perspective. J.M. Gottman, Finding the Laws of Close Personal Relationships. R.D. Hess, H. Azuma, Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Studies of Family Effects on School Achievement. F.H. Hooper, J.O. Hooper, The Family as a System of Reciprocal Relations: Searching for a Developmental Lifespan Perspective. Volume IIContents: G. Brody, I.E. Sigel, Preface. R. Forehand, Families with a Conduct Problem Child. Z. Stoneman, G. Brody, Families With Children Who Are Mentally Retarded. S.T. Hauser, The Study of Families and Chronic Illness: Ways of Coping and Interacting. D. Cicchetti, J.T. Manly, A Personal Perspective on Conducting Research with Maltreating Families: Problems and Solutions. N. Long, R. Forehand, Parental Divorce Research. M.E. Lamb, A.B. Elster, Adolescent Parenthood. G. Margolin, Marital Conflict. S. Beach, G. Nelson, Pursuing Research on Major Psychopathology From a Contextual Perspective: The Example of Depression and Marital Discord