Cross-Cultural Family Research and Practice

Cross-Cultural Family Research and Practice broadens the theoretical and clinical perspectives on couple and family cross-cultural research with insights from a diverse set of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, communications, economics, and more. Examining topics such as family migration, acculturation and implications for clinical intervention, the book starts by providing an overarching conceptual framework, then moves into a comparison of countries and cultures, with an overview of cross-cultural studies of the family across nations from a range of specific disciplinary perspectives. Other sections focus on acculturation, migrating/migrated families and their descendants, and clinical practice with culturally diverse families.

Studies cultural influences in couple and family relationshipsFeatures a broadly interdisciplinary perspectiveLooks at how cultural differences affect how families are structured and functionExplores why certain immigrant groups adapt better to new countries than othersDiscusses why certain countries are better at integrating immigrants than others

1. Introduction setting the stage

ESSENTIAL FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF FAMILIES  2. Evolution and the family 3. Demography of the family, marriage, divorce and parenting 4. The Second Demographic Transition: Cohabitation 5. Family law across cultures 6. The intra-family balance of power: Cross cultural evidence 7. Couple Communication from a Cross-Cultural Perspective 8. Family violence: An International perspective 9. GLBT people and family 

INFLUENCES ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING 10. Work-family balance in cultural context 11. Families and physical health 12. The interface between family wellbeing and government policy in Australia 13. Migration patterns and families 14. The Anti-Immigrant sentiment and Its impact on immigrant families 15. Family Interventions and Armed Conflict 

FAMILY INTERVENTIONS 16. Family therapy and culture 17. Culture, couple relationships and couple education 18. Parenting interventions and culture 19. The Triple P parentiing program across cultures 20. Culture and Family-Based Intervention for schizophrenia, bipolar, and other psychotic related spectrum disorders

CONCLUSION 21. Families and culture: Research and Practice