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Author Le Poire, Beth A

Title Family communication : nurturing and control in a changing world / Beth A. Le Poire
Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 345 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction : families, communication, and family communication -- 2. Family forms in our changing society -- 3. Theoretical approaches to understanding communication in the family -- 4. Forming the new family pairing : two become one -- 5. Communication in the newly formed family : adding children -- 6. Nurturing and controlling communication : raising socioemotionally and intellectually competent children -- 7. Nurturing communication in marital relationships : encouraging closeness, stability, and satisfaction through communication -- 8. Control in marital relationships and the family : conflict, constructive and destructive conflict, and violence -- 9. Nurturing and controlling communication surrounding undesirable behavior in the family -- 10. Family communication : providing nurturing and control in a changing world
Summary The author focuses on the communication of nurturing and control in all family relationships across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes in families
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-315) and index
Notes English
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Subject Communication in families.
Families.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Conflict Resolution.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Family Relationships.
Communication in families
Families
communication -- famille.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005014504
ISBN 9781452267524
1452267529
9781452233048
1452233047