Product Description: Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman and Teresa M. Cooney's Families in Context introduces foundational ideas and concepts about families and applies them to issues and events relevant to today's college student population. This comprehensive but concise paperback--written in clear, student-friendly language--fills the following needs not being met by existing texts:* The text is structured consistently, featuring an overarching framework that combines family systems theory and ecological systems theory...read more

Product Description: Since the mid-1970's, the texture of modern society has been changed dramatically by the increasing presence of the stepfamily. No longer considered the exception to the norm, the stepfamily has been thrust into the mainstream by a 50% divorce rate combined with a high incidence of remarriage...read more

Product Description: Rates of divorce and remarriage have risen dramatically worldwide. Rates of redivorce are even higher. Considering the scale of the problem, it is surprising that remarriage has only recently been studied. In this first text on the process and problems of remarriage, the authors briefly and clearly synthesize research...read more