Chapter Links
The links below lead to sites on the Web that contain material related
to the content of Marriages and Families (First Canadian Edition) by Riedmann,
Lamanna, Nelson.
Chapter 1: Family Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing
Society
Chapter 2: Exploring the Family
Chapter 3: Our Gendered Identities
Chapter 4: Loving Ourselves and Others
Chapter 5: Our Sexual Selves
Chapter 6: Unmarried: Alone and With Others
Chapter 7: Committing to Each Other
Chapter 8: Marriage: A Unique Relationship
Chapter 9: Communication and Conflict Management in Marriages
and Families
Chapter 10: Power and Violence in Marriages and Families
Chapter 11: To Parent or Not to Parent
Chapter 12: Parents and Children Over the Life Course
Chapter 13: Work and Family
Chapter 14: Divorce
Chapter 15: Remarriages
Chapter 16: Managing Family Stress and Challenges
Chapter 1: Family Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing
Society
Marriage
& Commitment
Good source for sociology stats on the impact of age, education, divorce
and other factors on marriages; examines in historical context.
Marriages: Stats
The National Centre for Health Statistics – a list of downloadable
PDFs of American stats in Marriages and Divorces, Births, Deaths etc.
Marriage Relationships
Using the Cuber and Harroff and other types of studies, examines varying
types of Marriages.
Same Sex
Marriages
This site offers an overview per province on the current state of laws
on same sex unions.
Male
Familial Involvement
This article discusses the ongoing retreat from the institution of marriage
and the effect this has on fatherhood and engagement with family.
Chapter 2: Exploring the Family
Historical
Structures of Family
Offers a concise overview of western family culture with links to further
explanations.
Post-Modern
Family Perspectives and Gender Relations
This is a written mini-lecture on the history and structures of the post-modern
family unit and the influences of patriarchy, feminism and economic structures
among other things.
Family Development
Perspective
Overview of the theories of Weber and Laslett on the history of family
and the emergence of the nuclear family and its effects on society as
a whole.
Feminism
and Family
Discusses ties between Marxism and Feminism and the current debate of
feminism and familial obligations.
Work
and Family
An article about the work-family conflict often found in family dynamics.
Chapter 3: Our Gendered Identities
Gender Identities
and Society
Explores the social effects of gender roles throughout history with a
variety of useful links associated with this topic.
Roles of Women
in the Home/Work
Statistics on women working in and out of the home as compared to men.
Nature Vs. Nurture:
Is Anatomy Destiny?
An opinion piece by a professor of neural science and psychology denoting
that personality is mostly genetic.
Gender
Socialization
A piece contending that gender roles force both sexes to sacrifice or
‘halve’ themselves.
Girls
and Boys: Toys
A journal studying the toys chosen for children based on gender roles.
Chapter 4: Loving Ourselves and Others
Self-Esteem
An article about new findings on the topic of self-esteem (high and low)
and the implications therein. Debunks misconceptions that low self-esteem
causes anti-social behaviour.
The
Psychology of Love
A Yale article examining studies of love and what it entails including
intimacy, commitment and passion, and where relationships can fail.
Styles
of Love, and Men and Women and Love
Examining the studies of John Allen Lee and others, explores styles of
love and whether men and women experience love differently or at different
rates.
Loving Ourselves,
Types of Love
A thorough examination of different types of love, the importance of loving
oneself and how men and women approach love.
Modern
Romantic Love
Explores themes of modern romantic love and compares and contrasts it
to love throughout history.
Chapter 5: Our Sexual Selves
Sexuality through
the ages
This study examines the effect of social change on human sexuality in
the past 50 years in the United States. A short study, but offers some
interesting stats.
Sexuality/Sexual Health
This site is a great resource for information on sexuality in a variety
of forms. See two below for examples.
Sexuality/Sexual Health:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Through the Berlin Archive on Sexology, this is the PAHO/WHO study on
Sexual Health. It gives a broad and varied overview of sexuality from
definitions to explorations of health, and explanations and statistics
therein.
Sexuality/Sexual Health:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
This section of the Sexology resource offers an interesting angle for
critical examination of writings on sexuality. The glossary is a list
of terms that are either biased or oft- misused with the appropriate explanation.
Sexual
Orientation
This is from the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany. It offers clear
descriptions of sexual orientation regarding hetero and homosexual behaviour
and social reactions therein throughout history.
Sexual Identity
– theoretical perspectives
A theoretical history of sexual identity and orientation. Offers a list
of links associated with gender and homosexual relations and studies:
only the first two links are active, but the first one is to a larger
group of helpful links on this topic.
Sexual
Double Standards or Difference between Men’s and Women’s Sexuality
An article on the similarities and differences between heterosexual males
and females.
Chapter 6: Unmarried: Alone and With Others
Divorce
This article explores divorced individuals and why some marriages fail
and others last.
Cohabitation
Uses case studies and statistics to examine the growing trend of living
together before marriage.
‘Trial
Marriages’ and Picking the Right Mate
Psychologist discusses couples living together before marriage, when couples
have children and having a ‘life plan’.
Singles
An article discussing the increasing number of singles in today’s
society with statistics based on age and geography.
Singles
Discusses ‘Unmarrieds’ throughout history, including stats.
Also discusses homosexual relationships/possible marriages with stats
and current opinions on the issue.
Chapter 7: Committing to Each Other
Attraction
and Love
Discusses romantic love and its relevance in a successful partnership;
explores mate selection throughout ages and cultures and tackles misconceptions.
Commitment
and Close Relationships
Studies close personal relationships, interdependent relationships and
theoretical perspectives on relationships, family and commitment. Very
thorough and well documented.
Individualism,
Commitment and Family Law
Explores the decrease in commitment in contemporary relationships, as
well as the rise and fall of marriage in the twentieth century. Discusses
the effects of these variants on law, but it is the beginning of the article
with regards to trends in relationships that is of value for these purposes.
Dating,
Young Adults
An article about the current trend of young adults to seek out lower commitment
relationships. Also discusses cohabitation, fear of divorce and the economic
implications of marriage.
Commitment
Problems in a Consumer Culture:
An interesting article examining the frequency of break-ups or divorces
and in a climate of consumerism.
Chapter 8: Marriage: A Unique Relationship
Affairs
Explores four major misconceptions about extramarital affairs and the
effects on a marriage.
Early
Marriage
Discusses the positive effect of marriage on professional life. Based
on a study conducted by the author.
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage:
What Makes a Happy Marriage?
A thorough research that has spanned over 20 years studying trends in
marriage, approaches and effects on marriage as well as the effects on
children.
Marriage
Myths
A concise article written by a sociologist confronting the most common
misconceptions about marriage in an age of rising divorce rates.
Women in
the Labor Force: Effect on Marital Stability
Discusses case studies concluding that women in the workforce increases
marital stability but not necessarily satisfaction.
Chapter 9: Communication and Conflict Management in Marriages
and Families
Handling Marital
Problems
This article examines common trends in troubled marriages including communication
break-downs and unsatisfied expectations.
Marriage
Conflict: Why Good Marriages go bad
Discusses the lack of an intermediate stage between conflict and divorce
in troubled marriages. The contention is that if the divorce process was
slowed, that conflicts would have time to be addressed and resolved.
Why
Women Leave
This article goes over some of the common reasons for women leaving a
marriage and addresses the confusion this commonly causes in husbands.
Making
Troubled Marriages Work
This is a review of a book on the effects of divorce and the importance
for both couple and children of trying to make the marriage work. The
review is a good overview of the study.
Troubled
Marriages Effect Children’s Marriages
States that having a tense marriage effects a child’s subsequent
marriage more than divorce could, according to studies.
Chapter 10: Power and Violence in Marriages and Families
Domestic
Violence – stats: Medline Plus: Health Information
A selection of helpful links to studies and statistics on domestic violence.
Well organized and broken into sections for Men, Women, Children, Teenagers
etc.
Effects
of Violence
This resource offers a list of common symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress
disorder from the National Center for Post Tramautic Stress Disorder.
Domestic
Violence-stats: U.S. Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics
An examination on the effect of age on violent domestic crime, offering
recent statistics.
Marital
Rape, Wife Abuse
A well documented article on marital rape and the history, occurrences,
types and effects. Further online resources offered at end of article.
Effects
on Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence
Outlines the traumatic effects of child abuse and children living in an
abusive environment. Well referenced article with further online resources
at end of article.
Chapter 11: To Parent or Not to Parent
The Effect of
Children on Marital Status:
This site offers statistics from the General Social Surveys of the National
Opinion Research Center on the satisfaction of married couples upon having
children and the educational/age variants therein.
To Have or Not
to Have
This link opens up a wide variety of studies including the economic liabilities
of children, the fulfillment of children, the mother and father roles
as well as a variety of links.
Single
Parenting
An article about the stigmas attached to raising children alone.
Abortion –
statistics
Stats on the current rate of known abortions in the U.S., time of pregnancy,
age, race and marital status of women, procedure used, religious affiliations.
Statistics provided by Planned Parenthood, National Center for Health
Statistics, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Be mindful
of sources of stats.
Teenage
Pregnancy – statistics
These are statistics done by the British Columbia Teacher’s Federation
on teenage pregnancy in Canada and by province from 1974 to 1998.
Chapter 12: Parents and Children Over the Life Course
Low
Income Parenting
This article explores a study that draws links between low income and
behavioural problems among preschool children.
Gay
Parenting
A very well documented study finding no disadvantages, but rather distinct
advantages to children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
Dad’s
Role in the Parenting
Study by sociologist explores the importance of a more unconventional
parenting balance finding a place in today’s society.
Environmental Effects
on Children: Aboriginal Canada
The government of Manitoba heads this article regarding the effect of
income, health, education, parenting and other factors on children focusing
on aboriginal children in Manitoba.
Balancing
Work with Effecting Parenting
An article exploring a study that suggests that it is not whether to work
or not, but how work affects parents and their stress levels.
Chapter 13: Work and Family
Work
and Family: Conflicts
Examines the effects of work and the hours/stress involved and how it
affects mothers and fathers differently.
Part-time
Work Discouraged
Discusses institutional barriers to part-time work; women finding the
balance between work and family difficult and discover bureaucratic impediments
to part-time compromise.
Working
Women
Explores the change in climate since women first entered the work force
and discusses contemporary challenges to balance work, family.
Housework,
Homemakers and Workers
An article discussing the increase of housework for working wives and
the effect on their overall happiness.
Work
and Health
Study discovers that working helps the physical and mental health of women.
Study is currently being expanded to include varied generations and the
effects therein.
Chapter 14: Divorce
Children
of Divorce
An article based on the study that children don’t continue to wish
for divorced parents to reunite. Based on American Midwest cases.
Adult Children of Divorce
An article based on Canadian sociological studies claiming that children
of divorce grow to develop an understanding of the seriousness of marriage,
and though not without substantial emotional baggage, emerge in most cases
ready to face the challenge.
Canadian
Divorce Rate
Based on recent Statistics Canada research, an article exploring the fact
that while divorce rate rises, increase slows down.
Defending
Divorce
An article defending divorce amid the (American) culture of growing ‘anti-divorce’
movements.
Children
and Divorce
Exploring the expressions of children of divorce based on a study by a
UK sociologist who uses children’s writings on the matter in her
lecture.
Chapter 15: Remarriages
Stepparents:
Myths and Policies
Explores the myths that burden stepfamilies and examines the current policies
in the US regarding familial obligations of stepparents.
Remarriage and
Stepparenting
A concise list of tools for adaptation of loss, remarriage and stepparenting.
Parents
in New Relationships
Examines the challenges that a new stepfamily faces in adjusting to a
continuing shift in traditional families.
Stepmothers
and Care
An article exploring a study finding that stepmothers are more likely
to provide less care, education etc for their stepchildren than they would
for their biological children.
Chapter 16: Managing Family Stress and Challenges
Family
Stress
A thorough article examining family stress, reasons and tools for coping.
Perception
and Family Stress Management
Explores the effects of perception on the reaction to family stress and
how it is used to manage situations.
Perception
of Stress
Article suggesting perception as a key ingredient to dealing with family
stress.
Adolescents
and Stress
Discusses the importance of a nurturing family environment in coping with
adolescent stress.
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