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Group and Multilateral Marriage: Definitional Notes, Glossary, and Annotated Bibliography
Author(s) -
CONSTANTINE LARRY L.,
CONSTANTINE JOAN M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1971.00157.x
Subject(s) - glossary , confusion , phenomenon , value (mathematics) , sociology , epistemology , group (periodic table) , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , computer science , psychoanalysis , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , machine learning
The purpose of this note is to define the phenomenon under current study in the Multilateral Relations Study Project and differentiate it from certain other related but different sociological phenomena. Confusion in the area of alternative family structures is all but universal, even among professionals and researchers. While definitions that are overly rigid may reduce the value of study, most research and journalism in this area has been characterized by serious imprecision that has reduced rather than added to understanding.