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• Part 1: Forming Intimate RelationshipsConventions of Courtship: Gender and Race Differences in the Significance - Pamela Braboy Jackson, Sibyl Kleiner, Claudia Geist, and Kara CebulkoOnline Dating in middle and Later Life: Gendered Expectations and Experiences - Summer McWilliams, and Anne E. BarrettDirect and Indirect Messages African American Women Receive From Their Familial Networks About Intimate Relationships and Sex: The Intersecting Influence of Race, Gender, and Class - Christina M. Grange, Sarah Jane Brubaker, and Maya A. CorneilleDo as I Say, Not as I Did: How Parents Talk With Early Adolescents About Sex - Jennifer M. Grossman, Linda Charmaraman, and Sumru ErkutPraying for Mr. Right? Religion, Family Background, and Marital Expectations Among College Women - Christopher G. Ellison (Praying), Amy M. Burdette, and Norval D. Glenn“When Are You Getting Married?” The Intergenerational Transmission of Attitudes Regarding Marital Timing and Marital Importance - Brian J. Willoughby, Jason S. Carroll, Jennifer M. Vitas, and Lauren M. HillPart 2: The Meaning of MarriageHe Says, She Says: Gender and Cohabitation - Penelope M. Huang, Pamela J. Smock, Wendy D. Manning, and Cara A. Bergstrom-LynchWaiting to Be Asked: Gender, Power, and Relationship Progression Among Cohabiting Couples - Sharon Sassler, and Amanda J. Miller“I’m a Loser, I’m Not Married, Let’s Just All Look at Me”: Ever-Single Women’s Perceptions of Their Social Environment - Elizabeth A. Sharp, and Lawrence Ganong“Marriage Is More Than Being Together”: The Meaning of Marriage for Young Adults - Maria J. Kefalas, Frank F. Furstenberg, Patrick J. Carr, and Laura NapolitanoToward a Deeper Understanding of the Meaning of Marriage Among Black Men - Tera R. HurtPart 3: Dynamics and Quality of Intimate RelationshipsRomantic Relationships Following Wartime Deployment - Gunner Karakut, Abigail Tolhurst Christiansen, Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth, and Howard M.WeissReconstructing Marital Closeness While Caring for a Spouse With Alzheimer’s - Craig Boylstein, and Jeanne HayesExplaining Couple Cohesion in Different Types of Gay Families - Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Kay Pasley, Margaret Crosbie-Burnett, and Erin KingReligiosity, Homogamy, and Marital Adjustment: An Examination of Newlyweds in First Marriages and Remarriages - David G. Schramm, James P. Marshall, Victor W. Harris, and Thomas R. LeeA Longitudinal Investigation of Commitment Dynamics in Cohabiting Relationships - Galena K. Rhoades, Scott M. Stanley, and Howard J. MarkmanPart 4: Violence in Intimate RelationshipsAbused Husbands, A Narrative Analysis - Todd A. MigliaccioPhysical Health Effects of Intimate Partner Abuse - Carrie LeFevre SillitoIntimate Partner Violence and Coparenting Across the Transition of Parenthood - Marni L. Kan, Mark E. Feinberg, and Anna R. SolmeyerParenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence - Peggy C. Giordano, Wendi L. Johnson, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. LongmorePart 5: Instability and Dissolution of Intimate RelationshipsWives’ Economic Resources and Risk of Divorce - Jay TeachmanUnique Matching Patterns in Remarriage: Educational Assortative Mating Among Divorced Men and Women - Kevin ShaferReligion and Attitudes Toward Divorce Laws Among U.S. Adults - Charles E. Stokes, and Christopher G. Ellison“The Kids Still Come First”: Creating Family Stability During Partnership Instability in Rural, Low-Income Families - Yoshie Sano, Margaret M. Manoogian, and Lenna L. OntaiPart 6: Becoming a ParentIs Adoption an Option? The Role of Importance of Motherhood and Fertility Help-Seeking in Considering Adoption - Nicholas K. Park, and Patricia Wonch HillIntercountry Versus Transracial Adoption: Analysis of Adoptive Parents’ Motivations and Preferences in Adoption - Yuanting Zhang, and Gary R. LeeDonor-Shared Siblings or Genetic Strangers: New Families, Clans, and the Internet - Rosanna Hertz, and Jane MattesThe Desire for Parenthood: Gay Men Choosing to Become Parents Through Surrogacy - Dean A. MurphyChildlessness, Parenthood, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults - Regina M. Bures, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Michael LoreePart 7: ParentingDads Who Do Diapers: Factors Affecting Care of Young Children by Fathers - Akiko YoshidaChanges in the Culture Model of Father Involvement: Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children, and Mothers in Parents’ Magazine, 1926-2006 - Melissa A. Milkie, Kathleen E. DennyWho Cares for the Kids? Caregiving and Parenting in Disney Films - Jeanne Holcomb, Kenzie Latham, and Daniel Fernandez-BacaIntensive Mothering Beliefs Among Full-Time Employed Mothers of Infants - Jill K. Walls, Heather M. Helms, and Joseph G. GrzywaczBeing a Good Mom: Low-Income, Black Single Mothers Negotiate Intensive Mothering - Sinikka Elliott, and Rachel Powell, and Joslyn Brenton“Raising Him . . . to Pull His Own Weight”: Boys’ Household Work in Single- Mother Households - Clara W. Berridge, and Jennifer L. RomichTeaching and Learning Color Consciousness in Black Families: Exploring Family Processes and Women’s Experiences With Colorism - JeffriAnne Wilder, and Colleen Cain“I Am Not Going to Lose My Kids to the Streets”: Meanings and Experiences of Motherhood Among Mexican-Origin Women - J. Maria Bermudez, Lisa M. Zak-Hunter, Morgan A. Stinson, and Bertranna A.AbramsPart 8: Work, Economics, and Social Class“For the Good of Our Family”: Men’s Attitudes Toward Their Wives’ Employment - Gayle Kaufman and Damian WhiteMaking Ends Meet: Insufficiency and Work–Family Coordination in the New Economy - Penny Edgell, Samantha K. Ammons, and Eric C. DahlinEconomic Hardship and Adaptation Among Asian American Families - Masako Ishii-Kuntz, Jessica N. Gormel, Barbara J. Tinsley, and Ross D. ParkeEducational Aspirations, Expectations, and Realities for Middle- Income Families - Laura J. Napolitano, Shelley Pacholok, and Frank F. FurstenbergRecession Jitters Among Professional Class Families: Perceptions of Economic Strain and Family Adjustments - Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Kyung-Hee Lee, Erika Brooks-Hurst, and NaYeon LeePart 9: Intergenerational RelationshipsMarried Couples in Assisted Living: Adult Children’s Experiences Providing Support - Candace L. KempPerspectives on Extended Family and Fictive Kin in the Later Years: Strategies and Meanings of Kin Reinterpretation - Katherine R. Allen, Rosemary Blieszner, and Karen A. RobertoThe Intergenerational Effects of Relocation Policies on Indigenous Families - Melissa L. Walls and Les B. WhitbeckPower, Resistance, and Emotional Economies in Women’s Relationships With Mothers-in-Law in Chinese Immigrant Families - Kristy Y. Shih, and Karen PykeFamilismo in Mexican and Dominican Families From Low-Income, Urban Communities - Esther J. Calzada, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa