Introduction to family processes /
Randal D. Day.
- 5th ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Adapting to family life in our times -- How we study families -- Theories about family life -- Families as units of change and transition -- Genetics, personality, gender, and power -- Fixed family relationships : generations in family life -- Chosen relationships and the roots of mature love -- The core of family life : family paradigms, themes, and ideologies --Rules and rule sequences -- Communicating in families -- Regulating distance -- Building and maintaining family rituals -- Coping with turbulence, gains, and losses.