1st Edition
Men in Dual-career Families Current Realities and Future Prospects
By Lucia Albino Gilbert
Copyright 1985
204 Pages
by
Psychology Press
208 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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First published in 1985. The dual-career family is emerging as the modal family form in the United States. Yet, despite its prevalence, traditional orientations and social institutions have not adapted to this pattern. This volume reports the results of a pioneering investigation of men in dual-career families and considers interventions at the societal and individual level that will ease the difficulties associated with the transition to this new family form.
Part I Work and Family; Chapter 1 Why a Book on Men in Dual-Career Families?; Chapter 2 Career Aspirations and Development; Chapter 3 The Husband-Wife Relationship, VickiRachlin; Chapter 4 Parenting in Dual-Career Families, Sue WichLucas; Chapter 5 Stress and Coping; Part II Implications and Applications for Professionals; Chapter 6 Counseling Men for Changing Roles in Work and Family; Chapter 7 Organizational Behavior and the Work World; Part III Where to from Here?; Chapter 8 The Future of the Dual-Career Family Lifestyle;
Biography
Lucia Albino Gilbert The University of Texas at Austin
"...a useful contribution to contemporary research on changing patterns of work and family roles and on men's roles."
—Contemporary Psychology
