Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

by David H. Olson, John D. DeFrain (Contributor), Linda Skogrand (Contributor)

Marriages and Families provides students with the information they need to learn how to create and maintain enduring intimate relationships. Three distinctive themes--intimacy; marital and family strengths; diversity--are woven throughout the text, while integrating research, theory, and practical ideas to promote healthy and productive relationships.

Genres: College

592 pages, Hardcover

Published February 18, 2021

About the author

David H. Olson Ph.D. Psychology Relationships

Reviews

[Noelle]

As far as textbooks go, I actually really enjoyed the topics in this one. I started a Marriage & Families course three months into my own marriage. The timing couldn't have been better. Exploring statistics, marital topics, and family dynamics as a newlywed created a ton of conversation between my spouse and I, and a lot of insight into what research has found consistently throughout happy, healthy marriages. The discussion on nuclear families was particularly interesting, given that throughout my entire psychology education, I'd never heard the term. Spoiler alert! It's not about a toxic family dynamic, but it is great knowledge if you have a toxic family dynamic or you're looking to avoid having one.

[Sky]

Gotta love it

[Natalie]

Woke as heck, but if you are good at discerning through that, they have some good points.