Family communication / Chris Segrin, Jeanne Flora.
Material type: TextSeries: LEA's communication seriesPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005Description: viii, 496 pages ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0805847979
- 9780805847970
- 0805847987
- 9780805847987
- 306.87 22
- HQ728 .S373 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 306.87 SEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A292575B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Defining family communication and family functioning -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on family communication -- 3. Family interaction patterns : norms and networks, routines and rituals, stories and secrets -- 4. Family interaction processes : power, decision making, conflict, and intimacy -- 5. Courtship and mate selection -- 6. Marriage and intimate partnerships -- 7. Parent-child communication -- 8. Sibling and extended family relationships -- 9. Models of family stress and coping -- 10. Normative and nonnormative family stressors -- 11. Divorce -- 12. Renegotiating family communication : remarriage and stepfamilies -- 13. Family interaction and mental health -- 14. Family interaction and physical health -- 15. Family violence and abuse -- 16. Improving family communication and family relationships.
"Serving as a uniquely inclusive and rigorous exploration of family communication, this text offers students a complete and easy-to-understand discussion of relevant theory and research, while providing advanced readers and scholars with a comprehensive reference to classic and contemporary scholarship on family communication and relationships."--BOOK JACKET.
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