TY - BOOK AU - Sabourin,Teresa Chandler ED - Sage eBooks TI - The contemporary American family: a dialectical perspective on communication and relationships SN - 9781452232430 (ebook) : AV - HQ536 .S213 2003 U1 - 306.850973 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif., London PB - SAGE KW - Families KW - United States KW - Change (Psychology) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Written to expand the definition of the contemporary American family to be more inclusive, this text approaches diversity as the norm and does not assume conventional family values. The theoretical position is the dialectical approach, which assumes paradox and relational tension as normal UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/books/the-contemporary-american-family ER -