title: Design and measurement challenges in family research.
abstract: Closing the chasm between family theory, nursing practice, and family research requires design and methods that foster the study of families as dynamic, holistic entities. This article has outlined several strategies for capturing morphostasis and morphogenesis and for studying the family as a unit of analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parent-Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005192:Family Health; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design