Family theories and methods : a contextual approach / William J. Doherty ... [et al.] -- Metatheory and family studies / David M. Klein and Joan A. Jurich -- Family theory and methods in the classics / Bert N. Adams and Suzanne K. Steinmetz -- Expanding the history of family theory and methods : another point of view / Wesley R. Burr -- Historical methods in family research / Jay D. Schvaneveldt, Robert S. Pickett, and Margaret H. Young -- Comparative methods in family research / Gary R. Lee and Linda Haas -- Symbolic interactionism and family studies / Ralph LaRossa and Donald C. Reitzes -- The reconstruction of family life with Alzheimer's disease : generating theory to lower family stress from ambiguous loss / Pauline G. Boss -- Qualitative family research / Paul C. Rosenblatt and Lucy Rose Fischer -- Quantitative measurement in family research / Karen S. Wampler and Charles F. Halverson Jr. -- Structural-functionalism / Nancy Kingsbury and John Scanzoni -- Functionalism may be down, but it surely is not out : another point of view for family therapists and policy analysts / Joe F. Pittman -- Family development theory / Roy H. Rodgers and James M. White -- Family development theory as revised by Rodgers and White : implications for practice / Candyce S. Russell -- Longitudinal research methods and family therapies / Elizabeth G. Menaghan and Deborah D. Godwin -- Theoretical contributions from developmental psychology / Inge Bretherton -- The social cultural contexts of ecological developmental family models / Harriette Pipes McAdoo -- Simulation and experimentation in family research / George W. Howe and David Reiss -- Systems theory / Gail G. Whitchurch and Larry L. Constantine -- The application of systems theory to the study of family policy / Elaine A. Anderson -- Social conflict theories of the family / Keith Farrington and Ely Chertok -- Conflict and family violence : the tale of two families / Jeffrey L. Edelson and Ngoh Tiong Tan -- Exchange and resource theories / Ronald M. Sabatelli and Constance L. Shehan -- Clinical uses of social exchange principles / Dennis A. Bagarozzi -- Human ecology theory / Margaret M. Bubolz and M. Suzanne Sontag -- Human ecology theory : implications for education, research, and practice / Ouida E. Westney -- Analysis of covariance structures applied to family research and theory / Alan C. Acock and Walter R. Schumm -- The life course perspective applied to families over time / Vern L. Bengston and Katherine R. Allen -- Family change and the life course / Edward I. Kain -- Theories emerging from family therapy / William J. Doherty and David A. Baptiste Jr. -- Family therapy theory implications for marriage and family enrichment / Charles Lee Cole and Anna L. Cole -- Theoretical contributions from social- and cognitive-behavioral psychology / Margaret Crosbie-Burnett and Edith A. Lewis -- Applying the social-cognitive-behavioral model to work with stepfamilies / B. Kay Pasley -- Communication theory and the family / Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and L. David Ritchie -- The benefits of communication research : intervention programs for couples and families / Fran C. Dickson and Howard J. Markman -- Feminist theories : the social construction of gender in families and society / Marie Withers Osmond and Barrie Thorne -- Feminist theories / Virginia Goldner -- Reframing theories for understanding race, ethnicity, and families / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton, and Leanor Boulin Johnson -- Implications for practice with ethnic minority families / Kenneth V. Hardy -- Phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and family discourse / Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein -- Phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and family discourse : a clinical application / David V. Keith -- Emerging biosocial perspectives on the family / Kay Michael Troost and Erik Filsinger -- Applying a biosocial perspective on the family / Thomas L. Campbell -- Emerging methods / Jay D. Teachman and Alan Neustadtl.