Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family - Hardcover

Knox Jr., David; Schacht, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0314097627 ISBN 13: 9780314097620

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This text blends theory and research with a focus on applications. Students are encouraged to make informed choices about marriage, family, and relationships based on research studies presented. Includes a new chapter on managing stress and family crisis. More emphasis is placed on cultural, structural, and interpersonal explanations for choices. Racial and ethnic coverage is expanded, and coverage of older populations is increased.

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Review

"The pedagogical features in this textbook are unrivalled. I frequently receive marriage and family textbooks from various publishers. I have yet to come across a textbook with equal richness of pedagogical features."

About the Author

David Knox, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at East Carolina University, where he teaches courtship and marriage; marriage and the family; and sociology of human sexuality. He is a marriage and family therapist as well as the author or co-author of 12 books and over 100 professional articles. Caroline Schacht, M.A. in Sociology and M.A. in Child Development and Family Relations, is Instructor Emeritus at East Carolina University. She retired from a career teaching sociology to become a certified Romana's Pilates instructor. She is co-author of several textbooks and balances her time writing and revising, teaching Pilates in her home studio, and writing children's verses and songs for her grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0314097627
• ISBN 13: 9780314097620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 672