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Sociology of the Family 
Conversations with Robotz: Domestic Violence
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Conversations with Robotz: Domestic Violence
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11747254/robotz-on-domestic-violence
Movie on Violence in Schools
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11750482/pawz-movie?listid=22360559
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11749991/in-vitro-fertilization
Work Cited:
Bonnicksen, Andrea. “In Vitro Fertilization and Public Policy: Turning to the Consumer.” Population
Research and Policy Review 5.3 (1986): 197-215. Print.
Kaplan, Lawrence J., and Rosemarie Tong. Controlling Our Reproductive Destiny: a Technological and
Philosophical Perspective. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1994. Print.
McNeil, Maureen, Ian Varcoe, and Steven Yearley. The New Reproductive Technologies. New York: St.
Martin’s, 1990. Print.
Stephenson, J. “In Vitro Fertilization.” JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 299.23 (2008): 2737. Print
Good job Jeanne
The Importance of Sexual Education for Teenagers:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11451105/the-importance-of-sexual-education-for-teenagers
In Vitro Fertilization
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11672425/in-vitro-fertilization
RACIAL AND GENDER INEQUALITIES IN THE WORKPLACE
By: Drew Jeffreys
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11749962/racial-and-gender-inequalities-in-the-workplace
Natural Birth: A Life Changing Choice
By: David Harris
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11747103/natural-birth-a-life-changing-choice
Women With HIV/AIDS
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11748495/women-with-hivaids
“Basic Statistics | Statistics and Surveillance | Topics | CDC HIV/AIDS.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. .
Brincks, Ahnalee M., Daniel J. Feaster, and Victoria B. Mitrani. “A Multilevel Mediation Model of Stress and Coping for Women with HIV and Their Families.” Family Process 49.4 (2010): 517-29. Web. 19 Mar. 2011. .
Clum, Gretchen, Shang-En Chung, and Jonathan M. Ellen. “Mediators of HIV-related Stigma and Risk Behavior in HIV Infected Young Women.” AIDS Care 21.11 (2009): 1455-462. Web. 18 Mar. 2011. .
Dalmida, Safiya G., Marcia McDonnell Holstad, Colleen Dilorio, and Gary Laderman. “Spiritual Well-Being, Depressive Symptoms, and Immune Status Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS.” Women Health 49.2-3 (2009): 119-43. Web. 18 Mar. 2011. .
Parent’s educational level and the influence it has on their children
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11679169/parents-education-effect-on-their-childrens-education
Pro-Midwife Births
by: Aaron Race
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11756971/pro-midwife-births
Welfare Reform Discussion
By: Steve Perkins
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11757028/welfare-reform-discussion
Welfare Reform and Changes in the Economic Well-Being of Children
Neil G. Bennett, Hsien-Hen Lu and Younghwan Song
Population Research and Policy Review
Vol. 23, No. 5/6, Demographic Consequences of Welfare Reform (Oct. – Dec., 2004), pp. 671-699
“They Think You Ain’t Much of Nothing”: The Social Construction of the Welfare Mother
Karen Seccombe, Delores James and Kimberly Battle Walters
Journal of Marriage and Family
Vol. 60, No. 4 (Nov., 1998), pp. 849-865
Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned
Karen Seccombe
Journal of Marriage and Family
Vol. 62, No. 4 (Nov., 2000), pp. 1094-1113
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11759483/glbt-rights
Movie on GLBT rights
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11759707/homosexual-family
In Vitro Fertilization
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11669695/in-vitro-fertilization-lily-grenci
The Legalization of Gay Marriage
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11695275/legalization-of-gay-marriage?listid=22205278
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11761045/occurence-of-violence-in-teen-relationships-and-efforts-of-prevention?listid=22387802
Rosewater, Ann Promoting Prevention, Targeting Teens: An Emerging Agenda to Reduce Domestic Violence pages 8-22
Wolfe, David A., Jaffe, Peter G “Emerging Strategies in the Prevention of Domestic Violence” The Future Children Volume 9 No. 3, 1999. p. 133-144
Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger, Buzawa, Carl G Domestic Violence: the criminal justice response. p 13-30
Sexual Education within the school system as well as the individual home.
Opposition between a liberal and conservative view.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11760139/colorz-movie?listtype=SERIES
Koblinsky, Sally and Atkinson, Jean . “Parental Plans For Children’s Sex Education” National Council on Family Relations, pg. 29-35 (1982)
Constantine, Norman. Jerman, Petra. “California Parents’ Preferences and Beliefs regarding School-Based Sex Education Policy” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, pg. 167-175 (2007)
Marsman, Joan. Herold, Edward. “Attitudes toward Sex Education and Values in Sex Education” Family Relations, pg. 357-361 (1986)
In Vitro Fertilization
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11756249/in-vitro-fertilization-the-movie
Works Cited:
Kaplan, E. H., A. Hershlag, A. H. DeCherney, and G. Lavy. “To Be or Not to Be? That Is Conception! Managing In Vitro Fertilization Programs.” Management Science 38.9 (1992): 1217-229. Print.
Neumann, Peter J., and Magnus Johnannesson. “The Willingness to Pay for In Vitro Fertilization: A Pilot Study Using Contingent Valuation.” Medical Care 32.7 (1994): 686-99. Print.
Schmittlein, David C., and Donald G. Morrison. “A Live Baby or Your Money Back: The Marketing of In Vitro Fertilization Procedures.” Management Science 49.12 (2003): 1617-635. Print.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11762227/gay-families-and-adoption
Mariel McGuire
Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson
Sociology of the Family- Soci-130-12
April 14, 2010
The Effects of Cohabitation Before Marriage
Throughout the course of the semester, Dr. Beverly Thomason’s sociology class has extensively covered many of the sociological aspects concerned with families, inside and outside of the home environment. One of the aspects that the class has not covered is the practice of cohabiting and its effects, other wise known as living together and having a sexual relationship without being married. We have reviewed this in reference to G.B.L.T. families but not within male and female relationships. One might ask themselves, how does this effect the dynamics of the longevity and quality of a marriage of those who live together and eventually do get married. As well as, the effects that this practice when pregnancy is involved.
Divorce in the United States has become an epidemic. Researcher Jay Teachman stated, “virtually all studies of the relationship between premarital cohabitation and divorce have found a positive link” (Teachman, 444). Jay Teachman also stated
“Social scientists have asked what these trends mean for the nature and functioning of marriage. One of the most clearly defined correlates of co-habitation is an increased risk of marital dissolution Marriages preceded by a spell of cohabitation are as much as 50% more likely to end in divorce at any marital duration than marriages not preceded by cohabitation” (Teachman, 444).
It is alarming to hear that with such high rates of divorce, 38% of couples cohabit before marriage (Teachman, 470). By living together before marriage you put the longevity of your marriage at risk. If you live together before marriage you are more likely to become divorced then if you lived separately beforehand. Jay Teachman’s research states that of the 50% of couples, who lived together before marriage and then became divorced, 33.3% of which were divorced within 1 year, 20.6% of which were divorced within 5 years, and 34% of which were divorced within 10 years (Teachman, 449).
Almost all research points to the same findings, which makes the rates of divorce a remarkably easy number to lower, since a contributor to the cause is known. With a national divorce rate of 50% you think couples would stop this behavior if they truly wanted to be married to the same person for the reset of their life. Research group Dush, Cohan, and Amato found similar evidence as Jay Teachman. Dush, Cohan, and Amato stated, “The results show that across the two marriage cohorts, spouses who cohabited prior to marriage had poorer marital quality and greater marital instability than those who did not cohabit. Thus, cohabitation was associated with more troubled unions, irrespective of the decade of marriage” (Dush, 544). The group also found that “Couples are 151% more likely to become divorced if you live together before hand” (Dush, 544). Age, as in most studies, was also incorporated into this study, and Dush, Cohan, and Amato reported, “The odds of divorce were lower among younger respondents than among older respondents who cohabited (Dush, 544). This information was surprising because the national average age of marriage is rising.
Bringing children into any situation can make it more complex, especially a relationship. Wendy Manning studied the effects that children play in the role of living together before marriage and divorce. According to researcher Wendy Manning “having a child during cohabitation increases the instability of the couple’s relationship by 18%” (Manning, 675).
Manning also discovered that “A child born during cohabitation has a greater effect on the instability of a subsequent marriage than on the initial cohabitation. In other words, a child born in cohabitation is associated with instability only once the couple marries” (Manning, 682). A pregnancy is a difficult time for a women so it is understandable that it could create pressure and tension on any or all of the relationships during that time, not only with her spouses.
With all this information publicly available it’s a wonder why couples that truly care for one another and want their marriage to last continue to live with each other before marriage. Before moving in with a significant other it is important not to make rash decisions and weigh the pros and cons that this could have on your relationship in the long run, not just a year down the road.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11711035
Works Cited
Dush, Claire M. Kamp, Catherine L. Cohan, and Paul R. Amato. “The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change Across Cohorts?” Journal of Marriage and Family 65.3 (2003): 539-49. JSTOR. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. .
Manning, Wendy D. “Children and the Stability of Cohabiting Couples.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66.3 (2004): 674-89. JSTOR. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. .
Teachman, Jay. “Premarital Sex, Premarital Cohabitation, and the Risk of Subsequent
Marital Dissolution Among Women.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65.2 (2003): 444-55. JSTOR. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. .
How Television Portrays Women
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11748126/how-television-portrays-women
Works Cited:
Descartes, Lara & Conrad P. Kottak. Media and Middle Class Moms: Images and Realities of Work and Family. Routledge. New York, 2009. Retrieved Apr. 5, 2011.
Hess, Donna J. & Geoffrey W. Grant. “Prime-Time Television and Gender-Role Behavior”. Teaching Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 3, The Use of Mass Media in Sociology Curricula (Apr., 1983), pp. 371-388. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1317366. Apr. 5, 2011.
Smythe, Dallas W. “Reality as Presented by Television”. The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer, 1954), pp. 143-156. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2746094. Apr. 5, 2011.
Comprehensive Sex Education
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11738283/comprehensive-sex-education
Works Cited:
“Abstinence-only Education.” Union of Concerned Scientists. 2010. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. .
Jayson, Sharon. “Obama Budget Cuts Funds for Abstinence Only Sex Education.” USA Today. 11 Mar. 2009. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. .
Kohler, P. K., L. E. Manhart, and W. E. Lafferty. “Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy.” Journal of Adolescent Health 42.4 (2008): 344-51. Print.
Kirby, Douglas. “Effective Approaches to REducing Adolescent Unprotected Sex, Pregnancy, and Childbearing.” The Journal of Sex Research 39.1 (2002): 51-57. Print.
Luker, Kristin. When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex–and Sex Education–since the Sixties. New York: W. W. Norton &, 2006. Print.
Santelli, J., M. Ott, M. Lyon, J. Rogers, D. Summers, and R. Schleifer. “Abstinence and Abstinence-only Education: A Review of U.S. Policies and Programs.” Journal of Adolescent Health 38.1 (2006): 72-81. Print.
“Unique Needs of Children Born to Teen Parents.” Healthy Teen Network. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. .
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11767285/stresses-families-of-children-with-disabilities-face?listid=22389726
Stresses Families of Children With Disabilities Face
Works Cited
Abbott, Douglass A., and William H. Meredith. “Strengths of Parents with Retarded Children.” Family Relations 35.3 (1986): 371-75. JSTOR. National Council on Family Relations. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. .
Kazak, Anne E., and Robert S. Marvin. “Differences, Difficulties and Adaptation: Stress and Social Networks in Families with a Handicapped Child.” Family Relations 33.1 (1984): 67-77. JSTOR. National Council on Family Relations. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
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Wikler, Lynn. “Chronic Stresses of Families of Mentally Retarded Children.” Family Relations 30.2 (1981): 281-88. JSTOR. National Council on Family Relations. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. .
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11764822/colorz-movie?listid=22405839
Link: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11673816/interracial-marriage
Jacobson, Cardell K., Johnson, Bryan R. “Interracial Friendship and African American Attitudes about Interracial Marriage”Journal of Black Studies. Vol. 36, No. 4 (Mar., 2006), pp. 570-584
Monahan, Thomas P. “Are Interracial Marriages Really Less Stable?” Social Forces. Vol. 48, No. 4 (Jun., 1970), pp. 461-473.
Golebiowska, Ewa A.”The Contours and Etiology of Whites’ Attitudes Toward Black-White Interracial Marriage.”Journal of Black Studies. Vol. 38, No. 2 (Nov., 2007), pp. 268-287.
Domestic Violence
Work Cited
1. Toward a Biopsychosocial Model of Domestic Violence
Patrick C. McKenry, Teresa W. Julian and Stephen M. Gavazzi
Journal of Marriage and Family
Vol. 57, No. 2 (May, 1995), pp. 307-320
Published by: National Council on Family Relations
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353685
2. Research on Domestic Violence in the 1990s: Making Distinctions
Michael P. Johnson and Kathleen J. Ferraro
Journal of Marriage and Family
Vol. 62, No. 4 (Nov., 2000), pp. 948-963
Published by: National Council on Family Relations
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1566718
3. Domestic Violence, Personal Control, and Gender
Debra Umberson, Kristin Anderson, Jennifer Glick and Adam Shapiro
Journal of Marriage and Family
Vol. 60, No. 2 (May, 1998), pp. 442-452
Published by: National Council on Family Relations
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353860
(I know that the character dressed up for St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t really fit. But it was the only one I could choose. Please do your best to ignore it.)
http://edu.xtranormal.com/watch/11766148/domestic-violence?listid=22409328
Works Cited
Anderson, Kristen. “Domestic violence, personal control, and gener.” Journal of Marriage and Family 60.2 (1998): 442-452. JSTOR. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
Anderson, Krsiten. “Gender, status, and domestic violence: an integration of feminist and family violence.” Journal of Marriage and Family 59.3 (1998): 655-669. JSTOR. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
Debra, Umberson. “Relationship dynamics, emotion state, and domestic violence: a stress and masculinities.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65.1 (2003): 233-247. JSTOR. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
ttp://www.xtranormal.com/profile/5957542/?listid=22348855&published=true
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11898406/special-needs-adoption
Works Cited
1. Schweiger, Wendi and O’Brien, Marion. “Special Needs Adoption: An Ecological Systems Approach.” Family Relations 54.4 (Oct. 2005): 512-522.
2. Kramer, Laurie and Houston, Doris. “Supporting Families as They Adopt Children with Special Needs.” Family Relations 47.4 (October 1998): 423-432.
3. Schweiger, Wendi K. “Special Needs Adoptive Families: A Study of Social Supports and Family Functioning.” Dissertation Abstracts international: The Humanities and Social Sciences 69.12 (2009): pages?
4. Daly, Kerry and Sobol, Michael. “Public and Private Adoption: A Comparison of Service and Accessibility.” Family Relations 43.1 (Jan. 1994): 86-93.