Engaging theories in family communication : multiple perspectives / editors, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter -- Foreword : family communication theories : variations and challenges / Anita L. Vangelisti -- 1. Introduction : meta-theory and theory in family communication research / Leslie A. Baxter and Dawn O. Braithwaite -- 2. Communication accommodation theory : an intergroup approach to family relationships / Jake Harwood, Jordan Soliz and Mei-Chen Lin -- 3. Communication privacy management theory : understanding families / Sandra Petronio and John P. Caughlin -- 4. Family communication patterns theory : a social cognitive approach / Ascan F. Koerner and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick -- 5. Goals-plans-action theories : theories of goals, plans, and planning processes in families / Steven R. Wilson and Wendy M. Morgan -- 6. Inconsistent nurturing as control theory : a new theory in family communication / Beth A. LePoire and Rene M. Dailey -- 7. Narrative performance theory : telling stories, doing family / Kristin M. Langellier and Eric E. Peterson -- 8. Relational communication theory : an interactional family theory / L. Edna Rogers -- 9. Relational dialectics theory : multivocal dialogues of family communication / Leslie A. Baxter -- 10. Symbolic convergence theory : communication, dramatizing messages, and rhetorical visions in families / Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt and Jody Koenig Kellas -- 11. Attachment theory : the reciprocal relationship between family communication and attachment patterns / April R. Trees -- 12. Attribution theories : assessing causal and responsibility judgments in families / Valerie L. Manusov -- 13. Critical feminist theories : a provocative perspective on families / Julia T. Wood -- 14. Emotion regulation theory : a lens for viewing family conflict and violence / William R. Cupach and Loreen N. Olson -- 15. Social theories : social constructionism and symbolic interactionism / Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz -- 16. Social exchange theories : interdependence and equity / Marianne Dainton and Elaine D. Zelley -- 17. Social learning theory : modeling and communication in the family context / Adrianne Kunkel, Mary Lee Hummert and Michael Robert Dennis -- 18. Stress and adaptation theories : families across the life span / Tamara D. Afifi and Jon Nussbaum -- 19. Structuration theory : promising directions for family communication research / Kathleen J. Krone, Paul Schrodt and Erika L. Kirby -- 20. Systems theory : patterns and (w)holes in family communication / Kathleen M. Galvin, Fran C. Dickson and Sherilyn R. Marrow -- 21. The theory of natural selection : an evolutionary approach to family communication / Kory Floyd and Mark T. Haynes.

"To date, scholars from disciplines other than communication have dominated the study of family communication. Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book to deal exclusively with family communication theory. In this volume, editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter bring together a group of contributors who represent a Who's Who in the family communication field. These scholars examine both classic and cutting-edge theories to guide family communication research in the coming years." "Engaging Theories in Family Communication is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying family communication in courses such as Family Communication, Personal Relationships, Communication Theory, Applied Communication, and Advanced Interpersonal Communication. It can also be used in a variety of family studies, sociology, and psychology courses focusing on family communication."--BOOK JACKET.

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