Young Families in Transition: A Social-psychological Study of Young Families in Transition |
Contents
Study Perspective | 9 |
How the Families Were Studied | 19 |
Social Characteristics of the Young Families | 28 |
Early Functioning and Relationships | 41 |
Social Class and Ethnic Patterns | 59 |
Families of Origin and the Kin Network | 68 |
The Unwed Mother | 81 |
Interpersonal Relations | 105 |
Family Growth and Changes in Social Functioning | 191 |
The Young Urban Family in the Context of Family Study | 213 |
Two Case Studies | 222 |
Family Functioning Interview Schedule | 237 |
Sample Validation Study | 247 |
Coding Scheme for Validity Testing of Family Functioning Data | 252 |
HusbandWife Agreement on Six Family Life Variables | 254 |
Matrix of Pearsonian Correlations Among Total and Main Category Family Functioning Scores at Start of Project | 255 |
Common terms and phrases
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