Robert Malthus, the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Myths

Response to Thornton ’ s response to my critique of Reading History Sideways

At the November 2005 meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), I participated in a panel discussion on Arland Thornton’s new book, Reading History Sideways: the Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life (Chicago, 2005). In January 2006, Thornton posted a lengthy response to my comments on his website, along with five other working papers that addre...

John Millar and Other Scholars of the 1700s and 1800s Using the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and International Cross-Sectional Data to Reach Conclusions about Changes in Family Relationships and Processes

Descriptions of the Reading History Sideways Method (the Comparative Method) by Scholars of the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s

Backwards Design or looking Sideways? Knowledge Translation in the Real World; Comment on “A Call for a Backward Design to Knowledge Translation”

El-Jardali and Fadllallah provide an excellent summary of the many dimensions of knowledge use, and the breath of issues and activities that must be considered if knowledge is to be put into practice. However, reliance on a continuum (rather than a cyclical, multidirectional, systems) model creates a number of limitations, particularly when promoting evidence-informed action in the areas of hea...

Parental life satisfaction based on parenting myths

Parents' beliefs and attitudes about parenting have a significant effect on their life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to assess the satisfaction with life in parents based on parental myths of Iranian parents. To examine the parental myths, two questionnaires of Seidi's parenting myth with 69 questions and Kansas family life satisfaction with 4 items were used. Inferential statisti...