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Index

C

Casehistory 14
Childabuse 182,195,212,246,331,333
Childcharacteristics 176
Childdepravity 31,32
ChildRights 160
Childlesscouples 11,60
Chinese-American 48,71
Christianmarriage 18,20,38,113,142,155,225,
254,335
Christianparenting 187,188,193,225
CircumplexModel 381
Familycohesion 290,293,381
Familyflexibility 381
CivilRightsAct 64,66
CivilRightsMovement 47,66
CivilWar 36,39,44-46,57,64
Cohabitation;Cohabiting 6,7,9,11-13,68,75,128,
129,132,135,137,365
Cohesion 70,169,381
ColonialAmerica 27,39
Colonies 26,28-34,36,51
Commerce 37,42
Commitmenttask 217
Commodifiedfamily 37,42
Common-lawmarriage 5-7
Communication 129,134,136-138,156,228,253,
346-348,350,363,381,385,393,399
Communicationtask 202,203,205,217
Companionatelove 120
Companionatenotionofmarriage 38-40
Compassionatechildrearing 38,40
Compassionatefamily 58
Compatibility 110
ComstockAct44
Conflictmanagementstyles 319
Accommodating 321
Avoiding 322
Collaborative 321
Competitive 321
Compromise 321
Resolve 320
Win 320
Withdrawal 320
Yield 320
Conflictstyles 317
Complementarystyleofconflict 317
Symmetricalstyleofconflict 317
Parallelstyleofconflict 317
Conflicttypes 317-319
Personality-basedconflict 317,318

Situationalconflict 318,319

Conjugalfamily 299

Conservationofenergytheory 264

Constructiveconflict 315,323-325,335,336,384

Consummatelove 120,121

Contempt 344

Contesteddivorce 349

Contracttask 206,218

Control 170,173,194,195,215,327,335

Coontz,Stephanie 55,77

Cooperativeeconomy 39

Cooperativefamilyeconomy 58

Cortisol 182

Costofraisingchildren 270

Covenant xii,xiii,4,17-19,141,156,192,335

Covenantmarriage 349,350,360,401

Creditcards 268,273,274

Criticism200,343,344

Cultoftruewomanhood 39

Culturalassimilation 34,285,290

Culturaldiversity 285,311,398

Culturalinterconnection 35

Culturalpluralism 286,311

Custody 5,29,65,241,244,305,348,355,357

Cycleofviolence 331

D

Dating 83-91,93,98,100-105

Daycare 245

Deadbeatdads 358

Death 223,227,340,360

DefenseofMarriageAct(DOMA) 7

Defensiveness 343,344

Deism 33

Delayedchildbearing 143

Demandingness 170,171

Democraticfamily 41,51

Dependentvariable 14

Destructiveconflict 315,325,336

Devitalizedmarriage 346

Differentiation 134

DimensionsofLove 108,109

Disability 303,309

Disappearingdads 358

Disillusionmentmodel 345

Disneylanddads 358

Diversity 23

Divorce 61,62,74,75

Adolescents 356