Visit this site when you want to gain a further understanding of the concepts and issues presented in Marriages & Families, 3/E. Special thanks to:

Leda Thompson, M.A.
Arkansas State University Mountain Home
For helping to author content for this site.

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Select a chapter: 1: Marriages and Families Over Time 2: Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families 3: Understanding Gender: Its Influence in Intimate Relationships 4: The Many Faces of Love 5: Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection 6: Sexuality and Intimate Relationships 7: Nonmartital Lifestyles 8: The Marriage Experience 9: Reproduction and Parenting 10: Evolving Work and Family Structures 11: Violence and Abuse 12: The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States 13: Remarriage and remarried Families 14: Marriages and Families in Later Life 15: Marriages and Families in the Twenty-First Century: U.S. and World Trends