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1. What are the major trends in modern-day American society?

2. How has the American family changed in the last fifty years?
3. Why is it important to understand cultural diversity in the field of clinical psychology?

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Social change, Family needs and trends in American culture and society

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Major trends in terms of family changes, in the modern day society in America include later marriages or choosing to stay unmarried and have relations with opposite gender, more openness and acceptance of homosexuality in both genders, equality in pay between men and women, health care costs for the family, mental health and dysfunctional families or communities, women and men working different shifts to care for new born, if the couple is married and wants to have a family with one or more than one child, finances of the ...

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