Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies

Stretching Theory and Theorizing in Contemporary Family Research.- Methodological Approaches and Methods in Contemporary Family Research.- Meta-Theories.- History.- Risk and Resilience Theories.- Family Stress Theories.- Symbolic Interactionism.- Ethnographic Approaches.- Family Development Theory.- Family Systems Theory.- Ecological Theories.- Social Exchange.- Life Course Framework.- Grounded Theory.- Longitudinal Research.- Dyadic and Family Level Modeling.- Feminist Theories.- Critical Race Theories.- Intersectionality Theory.- Queer, Quare, and Transgender.- Phenomenological Approaches.- Participatory Action Research.- Family Communication.- Developmental and Attachment.- Family Policy.- Biosocial Theory .- Biomarker Methods .- Mixed Methods.- Evaluation Approaches.- Translation and Prevention.- Transdisciplinary Family Science.- Editors' Final Word.

Kari Adamsons, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Human Development and Family Sciences department at the University of Connecticut. Her areas of expertise include fathering, parenting, couple relationships, and family theory. She has been deeply involved in the Theory Construction and Research Methodology workshop since 2002 and previously served as the Chair of the Research and Theory section of the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. Adamsons has served as guest editor for two special issues in the Journal of Family Theory and Review as well as serving on their editorial board, and served as an associate editor for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and Fathering. She also co-authored the textbook Family Theories: An Introduction. She received her BA in Psychology from the College of William and Mary, and her Masters and PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.



April L. Few-Demo, Ph.D., is Professor of Family Studies in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include the topics of intimate violence, qualitative methodologies, women's decision-making processes in close relationships, LGBTQ+ family issues, and diversity issues in academia. Dr. Few-Demo's scholarship on the utility of Black feminism, intersectionality, and critical race theories has resulted in keynote presentations at national conferences and publications on feminist family studies and intimate partner violence in several books, including her co-edited book, The Handbook of Feminist Family Studies (2009). She has served as a guest editor for the Journal of Family Issues' special issue on Feminist Theory, Methods, And Praxis in Family Studies and Journal of Family Theory and Review's special issue on Revisioning Family Theory Through the Lens of Race and Ethnicity and recently, the Journal of Marriage and Family's special issue on Transformative