Product Description: The chapters in this volume were developed as a follow-up to the Summer Institute entitled "Continuity and Change: Family Structure and Process" conducted by the second Family Research Consortium. The goal of this book is to provide readers with a greater understanding of both the conceptual issues involved in the study of continuity and change in families, and also some of the methodological approaches that have been developed for investigating families over time...read more

Product Description: This volume ranges widely over many examples of qualitative research in two main areas: families′ resilient adaptation and creation of meaning in health related crises; and families′ adjustment to unexpected life events and changes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)