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Family communication / Chris Segrin, Jeanne Flora.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: LEA's communication seriesPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005Description: viii, 496 pages ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805847979
  • 9780805847970
  • 0805847987
  • 9780805847987
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.87 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ728 .S373 2005
Contents:
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.
Review: "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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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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