Qualitative Methods in Family Research

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION The Fit Between Qualitative Research and Characteristics of Families - Kerry Daly The Qualitative Tradition in Family Research - Gerald Handel Definitions, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Family Research - Jane F Gilgun PART TWO: INTERVIEWS Interviews with Individuals Interviewing College Students About Their Constructions of Love - Susan U Snyder Case Study Interviews - Linda K Matocha Caring for Persons with AIDS Life Histories - Daniel F Detzner Conflict in Southeast Asian Refugee Families Conjoint Interviews Parenthood as Problematic - Kerry Daly Insider Interviews with Couples Seeking to Adopt An In-Depth Interview with the Parents of Missing Children - Deborah Lewis Fravel and Pauline G Boss Interviews with Multiple Family Members Using Multiple Forms of Family Data - Susan O Murphy Identifying Pattern and Meaning in Sibling-Infant Relationships A Family Case Study - Robin L Jarrett An Examination of the Underclass Debate A Feminist Analysis of Interviews with Elderly Mothers and Their Daughters - Katherine R Allen and Alexis J Walker PART THREE: OBSERVATION Participant Observation in Special Needs Adoptive Families - Anita Lightburn The Mediation of Chronic Illness and Handicap Observations in a Clinical Setting - Jane F Gilgun Team Decision-Making in Family Incest Treatment PART FOUR: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS Analyzing Popular Literature - Ellen M Harbert, Barbara H Vinick and David J Ekerdt Emergent Themes on Marriage and Retirement PART FIVE: COMBINED QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES The Blending of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Understanding Childbearing Among Welfare Recipients - Mark R Rank Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods - Margarete Sandelowski, Diane Holditch-Davis and Betty Glenn Harris The Transition to Parenthood of Infertile Couples