Synopses & Reviews
This "choices" theme based marriage and family book supports the goals of most professors by applying research and theory to readers' lives, and by encouraging lively classroom discussion. How? Through its interactive pedagogy (e.g. self assessments), currency of data, engaging writing style, and focus on social policy issues within the context of each chapter. The authors show users how positive outcomes in personal relationships depend on making intelligent choices. They accomplish this by encouraging readers to explore the tradeoffs that choices involve, how to view situations in a positive light, and how not making a choice is really a choice. Thus, readers learn to approach every intimate relationship with the new freedom and new responsibility that choices involve.
Synopsis
Because the right choice is an informed choice, CHOICES IN RELATIONSHIPS: AN INTRODUCTION TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, TENTH EDITION arms you with the knowledge and confidence you need to make wise decisions for a lifetime of positive relationships. CHOICES IN RELATIONSHIPS presents the information that you need to explore the tradeoffs that choices involve, view situations in a positive light, and to understand how even not making a choice is really a choice after all. By applying the concepts in this text to your own life, the authors show you how to approach every intimate relationship with the freedom and responsibility that comes from making educated choices.
About the Author
David Knox, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at East Carolina University, where he teaches courtship and marriage; marriage and the family; and sociology of human sexuality. He is a marriage and family therapist, as well as the author or co-author of 12 books and over 100 professional articles. Caroline Schacht, M.A. in Sociology and M.A. in Family Relations, is instructor of sociology at East Carolina University and teaches courtship and marriage, introduction to sociology, and the sociology of food. Her clinical work includes marriage and family relationships. She is also a divorce mediator and the coauthor of several books, including UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL PROBLEMS (Wadsworth 2010). She is married to David Knox.
Table of Contents
1. Choices in Relationships: An Introduction. 2. Love. 3. Gender. 4. Communication. 5. Singlehood, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Cohabitation. 6. Mate Selection. 7. Marriage Relationships. 8. Same-Sex Couples and Families. 9. Sexuality in Relationships. 10. Planning Children and Contraception. 11. Parenting. 12. Family and the Economy. 13. Violence and Abuse in Relationships. 14. Stress and Crisis in Relationships. 15. Divorce and Ending Relationships. 16. Remarriage and Beginning New Relationships. 17. Relationships in the Later Years. Epilogue: The Future of Marriage and the Family. Special Topic 1: Sexual Anatomy and Physiology. Special Topic 2: Sexual Dysfunctions. Special Topic 3: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Special Topic 4: Careers in Marriage and the Family. Special Topic 5: Resources and Organizations. Appendix A: Individual Autobiography Outline. Appendix B: Family Autobiography Outline. Appendix C: Prenuptial Agreement. Appendix D: Living Will. Appendix E: Durable Power of Attorney.