Cross-Cultural Family Research and Practice,

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION

1 Introduction setting the stage

SECTION 2 ESSENTIAL FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF FAMILIES

2. Evolution and the family

3. Convergance and difference: marriage and family life form a crossultural perspective

4. The second demographic transtition: cohabitation

5. Family Law across cultures

6. The intra-family balance of power: Cross cultural evidence

7. Couple Communication from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

8. Family violence: an International perspective

9.Lesbian, Gay and Transgender families across the globe

SECTION 3 INFLUENCES ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING

10.Work-family balance in cultural context

11. Families and Physical Health

12.The interface between family wellbeing and government policy in Australia

13. Migration patterns and families

14. The Anti-Immigrant sentiment and Its impact on immigrant families

15. Family Interventions and Armed Conflict

SECTION 4 FAMILY INTERVENTIONS

16. Couple and Family therapy Across the Globe: Cultural adaptations

17. Culture, couple relationships and couple education

18. Parenting interventions and culture

19. The Triple P parentiing program across cultures.

20. Culture and Family-Based Intervention for schizophrenia, bipolar, and other psychotic related spectrum disorders

SECTION 5: CONCLUSIONS

21. Families and culture: Research and Practice