Choices in Relationships
Choices in Relationships takes readers through the lifespan of relationships, marriages, and families, and utilizes research to help them make deliberate, informed choices in their interpersonal relationships. Drawing on extensive research, authors David Knox, Caroline Schacht, and I. Joyce Chang challenge students to think critically about the choice-making process, consider the consequences involved with choices, view situations in a positive light, and understand that not making a choice is a choice after all. The Fourteenth Edition features over 1000 new citations, increased emphasis and discussion of diversity and inclusion throughout each chapter, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, couples, and families.

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Choices in Relationships
Choices in Relationships takes readers through the lifespan of relationships, marriages, and families, and utilizes research to help them make deliberate, informed choices in their interpersonal relationships. Drawing on extensive research, authors David Knox, Caroline Schacht, and I. Joyce Chang challenge students to think critically about the choice-making process, consider the consequences involved with choices, view situations in a positive light, and understand that not making a choice is a choice after all. The Fourteenth Edition features over 1000 new citations, increased emphasis and discussion of diversity and inclusion throughout each chapter, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, couples, and families.

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Choices in Relationships

Choices in Relationships

Choices in Relationships

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Overview

Choices in Relationships takes readers through the lifespan of relationships, marriages, and families, and utilizes research to help them make deliberate, informed choices in their interpersonal relationships. Drawing on extensive research, authors David Knox, Caroline Schacht, and I. Joyce Chang challenge students to think critically about the choice-making process, consider the consequences involved with choices, view situations in a positive light, and understand that not making a choice is a choice after all. The Fourteenth Edition features over 1000 new citations, increased emphasis and discussion of diversity and inclusion throughout each chapter, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, couples, and families.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781071870181
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 02/09/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 560
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

David Knox, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, where he teaches courtship and marriage, marriage and the family, and sociology of human sexuality. He is a marriage, family and sex therapist and the author or coauthor of twelve books and over 130 professional articles.  He regularly presents new research at annual conferences with undergraduate/graduate students and colleagues. He and Caroline Schacht are married with three children and five grandchildren.



Caroline Schacht, M.A. in Sociology and M.A. in Family Relations, is formerly instructor of sociology at East Carolina University where she taught courtship and marriage, introduction to sociology, and the sociology of food. Her clinical work includes marriage and family relationships. She is also the coauthor of Understanding Social Problems  and a certified Romana Pilates instructor.



I. Joyce Chang, Ph.D. is Professor of Child and Family Development at University of Central Missouri (UCM). Dr. Chang received her doctorate in Human Development and Family Sciences and Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology, Women Studies, and Statistics) from Oregon State University. Dr. Chang’s primary research interests are high-risk behaviors, relationship development, and impacts of technology on families. She has received awards for teaching, research, and service. Dr. Chang has also taught/lectured in Sweden, Taiwan, and the Netherlands.


Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family
CHAPTER 2: Love Relationships
CHAPTER 3: Gender Diversity and Relationships
CHAPTER 4: Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Living Apart Together
CHAPTER 5: Selecting a Partner
CHAPTER 6: Diversity in Marriages and Families
CHAPTER 7: LGBTQIA+ Relationships
CHAPTER 8: Communication and Technology in Relationships
CHAPTER 9: Sexuality in Relationships
CHAPTER 10: Violent and Abusive Relationships
CHAPTER 11: Planning Children
CHAPTER 12: Diversity in Parenting
CHAPTER 13: Employment and Relationships
CHAPTER 14: Stress, Crisis, and Resilience in Relationships
CHAPTER 15: Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepfamilies
CHAPTER 16: The Later Years
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