Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from January 2005

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from January 2005

Abstracts (English).(social relationships)
January 1, 2005... JENNIFER E. LANSFORD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0545, USA TONI C. ANTONUCCI, Dept. of Psychology and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1109, USA ...

Abstracts (French).(social relations)
January 1, 2005... JENNIFER E. LANSFORD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0545, USA TONI C. ANTONUCCI, Dept. of Psychology and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1109, USA ...

Abstracts (Spanish).
January 1, 2005... JENNIFER E. LANSFORD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University. Durham, NC 27708-0545, USA TONI C. ANTONUCCI, Dept. of Psychology and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1109, USA ...

A quantitative and qualitative approach to social relationships and well-being in the United States and Japan*.
January 1, 2005... It is well established that social relationships influence individuals' psychological well-being by providing love, intimacy, reassurance of worth, tangible assistance, and guidance (e.g., Rowe & Kahn, 1998; Sarason et al., 1990). Across the...

Women's status and marital satisfaction in Bolivia.
January 1, 2005... Varying viewpoints on the construction and maintenance of satisfactory marriages and families assess the impact of recent social changes on the quality of family life differently. The conservative view raises alarm that the family is weakening....

The dynamics of timing and spacing of births in Ghana.
January 1, 2005... RESEARCH CONTEXT For the past half century, several theoretical approaches have been developed and refined to explain variations in fertility (e.g., Blake and Davis, 1956; Becker, 1960; Easterlin, 1975; Bongaarts, 1978). While these models...

Parenting self-efficacy among Japanese mothers.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Researchers seeking the key to Japanese children's social adjustment and high achievement find evidence that Japanese mothers are sensitive and responsive in interactions with their children, and that they effectively support...

Generational and cultural changes in family life in the United Arab Emirates: a comparison of mothers and daughters.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Historically, gender roles and family relationships in Middle Eastern culture have been very traditional and steeped in beliefs and customs stemming from Islam. With rapid economic development and modernization, changes may be...

The "flight from marriage" in South-East and East Asia*.
January 1, 2005... In the past, marriage was close to universal in most Asian countries. The proportion of women aged 45-49 remaining unmarried exceeded 2% only in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Philippines (Smith, 1980). But this is no longer the case. Over the past...

Marriage form and duration of postmarital co-residence with parents in rural China: evidence from Songzi*.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Family and kinship system generally refers to the customary, normative manner in which family processes unfold, i.e., the usual preferred pattern of family practices and household dynamics. The key elements usually included in...

Impact of background variables on attitudes about family life: a comparative analysis of parents and offspring in Israel*.(A RESEARCH NOTE)
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION The dramatic changes that family life has undergone, and which Dumon (1995) refers to as "family mutation," are related to technological, economic, techno-scientific and political changes in post-industrial society since World...

Emile Durkheim on the Family.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... LAMANNA, Mary Ann, EMILE DURKHEIM ON THE FAMILY. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2002, 287 pp., $34.95 softcover, $74.95 hardcover. The goal of this book is to present a comprehensive review of Emile Durkheim's work on the...

Relative Values: Reconfiguring Kinship Studies.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... FRANKLIN, Sarah and Susan McKINNON, eds., RELATIVE VALUES: Reconfiguring Kinship Studies. Durham. NC: Duke University Press, 2001, 519 pp., $21.95 softcover, $64.95 hardcover. The editors of the present collection of papers, Sarah Franklin...

Should We Worry About Family Change?(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... LEWIS, Jane, SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT FAMILY CHANGE? Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2003, 232pp., $40.00 hardcover. The book by Jane Lewis is based on lectures within the Joanne Goodman Lectures Series at the University...

The Silk Weavers of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... HAREVEN, Tamara K., THE SILK WEAVERS OF KYOTO: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry. Berkley, California: University of California, 2002, 347 pp., $21.95 softcover, $55.00 hardcover. In this book Tamara Hareven presents her...

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... LAREAU, Annette. UNEQUAL CHILDHOODS: Class, Race, and Family Life. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 2003, 331 pp., $21.95 softcover and $55.00 hardcover. Unequal Childhoods is an important contribution to the literature on...

The Views and Experiences of Disabled Children and Their Siblings: A Positive Outlook.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... CONNORS, Clare and Kirsten STALKER, THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR SIBLINGS: A Positive Outlook. Independence, KY: Taylor & Francis/Routeledge, 2003, 187 pp., $24.95 softcover. This short book, set in Great...

Child Rearing in America: Challenges Facing Parents with Young Children.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... HALFON, Neal, Taaffe McLEARN and Mark SCHUSTER, eds., CHILD REARING IN AMERICA: Challenges Facing Parents with Young Children. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 428pp., $24.00 softcover, $65.00 hardcover. Child Rearing in...

America's Child Care Problem: The Way Out.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... HELBURN, Suzanne W. and Barbara R. BERGMANN. AMERICA'S CHILD CARE PROBLEM: The Way Out. New York, NY: Global Publishing at St. Martin's Press, 2003, 262pp., $19.95 softcover. Helburn and Bergman review the current problems with child care...

Abandoned Children.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... PANTER-BRICK, Catherine and Malcolm T. SMITH, eds., ABANDONED CHILDREN. Port Chester. NY: Cambridge University Press. 2000, 231pp., $19.95 softcover and $54.95 hardcover. In North America public perception of the abandonment of children is...

Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... ALBA, Richard and Victor NEE. REMAKING THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003, 359pp., $39.95 hardcover. This extremely well-researched and...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2005... RE: VOLUME 35, #4, 2004 SPECIAL ISSUE A printing error was made in Table 4.1, page #535. The corrected Table 4.1 on page #535 should read instead, as indicated in the enclosed insertion. Please insert or paste this correct page in your...