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1 online resource (xii, 491 pages) |
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches / Kathleen M. Galvin -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS. Chapter 1. The Challenge of Defining "Family" / Lynn Turner, Rich West ; Chapter 2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Family Communication / Tina M. Harris, Alberto González ; Chapter 3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication / Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury ; Chapter 4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices / Jeffrey T. Child -- PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS. Chapter 5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens / Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman ; Chapter 6. Family Conflict and Communication / Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin ; Chapter 7. Intimacy and Family Communication / John H. Nicholson ; Chapter 8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship / Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack ; Chapter 9. Social Support Processes in the Family / April R. Trees ; Chapter 10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research / Katheryn C. Maguire ; Chapter 11. Examining Family Secrets from a Communication Perspective / Tamara D. Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde M. Davis ; Chapter 12. Family and Partner Communication about Sex / Clay Warren, Laura Kolind Warren |
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PART III: FAMILY FORMS. Chapter 13. Intergenerational Family Relationships / Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher ; Chapter 14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships / Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey ; Chapter 15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families / Elizabeth A. Suter ; Chapter 16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships / Paul Schrodt ; Chapter 17. Aging Families and Family Communication / Fran C. Dickson, Patrick Hughes -- PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES. Chapter 18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression / Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler ; Chapter 19. Education and Family Communication / Angela M. Hosek ; Chapter 20. Families Communicating about Health / Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson ; Chapter 21. Work and Family Communication / Patrice M. Buzzanell ; Chapter 22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication within Television Sitcoms / Jeffrey L. Tyus |
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PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH. Chapter 23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication / Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen M. Norwood ; Chapter 24. Communication in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle / Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson ; Chapter 25. Positive Family Communication: Towards a New Normal / Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva ; Chapter 26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families / Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner Colaner -- Epilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning / Arthur P. Bochner |
| Summary |
This title provides a comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Chapters by leading scholars in family communication expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
| Subject |
Communication in families.
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Families.
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Nuclear families.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Nuclear families
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Communication in families
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Families
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Familie
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Familienbeziehung
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Kommunikation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Turner, Lynn H., editor.
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West, Richard L., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781483375366 |
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1483375366 |
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9781483312729 |
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1483312720 |
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9781452282022 |
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1452282021 |
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