The State of the American Family: The Paradox of How Families and Family Values Are Changing While Staying the Same

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Abstract. How is the American family doing today? The answer depends upon whom you are talking with and the social/political/cultural lens you are looking through. This article is written by an American professor emeritus of family studies who has studied and taught about families for more than forty years.

Sundanese Family Strength: A Preliminary Study

“…The aim of this study was to explore the indicator of psychological strength of Sundanese family. Some indicators were same as the previous researches (DeFrain, 2018;Kryson, Moore & Zill, 1990;Wong, Wong & Obeng, 2012). The finding on accommodative conflict strategy or silih narima is the same as the ability of facing stress and crisis (DeFrain, 2018), adaptability (Olson, 2000), ability to adapt (Kryson, Moore, & Zill, 1990).…”

“…Positive communication theme is the same as positive communication (DeFrain, 2018) open communication (Wong, Wong & Obeng, 2012), communication (Olson, 2000;Kryson, Moore & Zill, 1990). Family's emotional intimacy theme is the same as social connectedness (Kryson, Moore & Zill, 1990), appreciation and affection (DeFrain, 2018), cohesion (Olson, 2000).…”

“…Research related to family strength with diverse cultural backgrounds is currently still developing in various countries (DeFrain, 2018). However, researchers still have not explored much of the family in Asia, which has diverse cultures (Medora, Larson & Dave, 2000).…”

A Guidebook on Modern Sociological Discourse: University Journal “RUDN Bulletin. Series: Sociology «(RUDN JOURNAL of SOCIOLOGY)

“…Второй очевидный тематический фокус журнала -трансформации в структуре, социальных настроениях и ценностных приоритетах российского (и не только, см. : [DeFrain, 2018;Merl, 2018;Milošević Šošo, 2018]) общества в постсоветский период [Горшков, 2016; Голенкова, Игитханян, 2015] или же прежние и новые маркеры социальной стратификации [Беляева, 2018; Горшков, Тюрина, 2018; Мамедов и др., 2016].…”