Handbook of family communication / edited by Anita L. Vangelisti.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. FAMILY DEFINITIONS, THEORIES, AND METHODS -- Theories of family relationships and a family relationships theoretical model / Glen H. Stamp -- Studying family communication: multiple methods and multiple sources / Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney -- PART II. COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE FAMILY LIFE COURSE -- Research on mate selection and premarital relationships: what do we really know? / Catherine A. Surra ... [et al.] -- Communication in marriage / Frank D. Fincham -- Becoming parents / Ted L. Huston, Erin Kramer Holmes -- Keeping all five balls in the air: juggling family communication at midlife / Karen L. Fingerman, Jon Nussbaum, Kira S. Birditt -- An exploration of the marital and family issues of the later-life adult / Fran C. Dickson, Allison Christian, Clyde J. Remmo -- PART III. COMMUNICATION IN VARIOUS FAMILY FORMS -- Communication in intact families / Ascan F. Koerner, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick -- Communication in divorced and single-paretn families / Julia M Lewis, Judith S. Wallerstein, Linda Johnson-Reitz -- Communication in stepfamilies / Marilyn Colemand, Lawrence Ganong, Mark Fine -- The family lives of lesbians and gay men / Letitia Anne Pplau, Kristin P. Beals -- Communication, families, and exploring the boundaries of cultural diversity / Rhunette C. Diggs, Thomas Socha -- PART IV. THE RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS -- Mothers and fathers parenting together / William J. Doherty, John M. Beaton -- The developmental origins of communication: interactional systems in infancy / Laurie A. Van Egeren, Marguerite S. Barratt -- Communication competencies and sociocultural priorities of middle childhood / Laura Stafford -- Parent-child communication during adolescence / Brett Laursen, W. Andrew Collins -- Extended family and social networks / Maria Schmeeckle, Susan Sprecher -- PART V. FAMILY COMMUNICATION PROCESSES -- Privacy in families / John P. Caughlin, Sandra Petronio -- Communication, conflict, and the quality of family relationships / Alan Sillars, Daniel J. Canary, Melissa Tafoya -- Persuasion and families / Steven R. Wilson, Wendy M. Morgan -- Emotion and communication in families / Julie Fitness, Jill Duffield -- Social Support communication in families / Kelli A. Gardner, Carolyn E. Cutrona -- Imagining families through stories and rituals / Jane Jorgenson, Arthur P. Bochner -- PART VI. COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES -- Discourses on diapers and dirty laundry: family communication about child care and housework / Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Courtney P. Pierce, Abbie E. Goldberg -- The mass media and family communication / Barbara J. Wilson -- Technology and the family / Nancy Jennings, Ellen Wartella -- Influence of drugs and alcohol on family communication: the effects that substance abuse has on family members and the effects that family members have on substance abuse / Beth A. Le Poire -- Violence and abuse in families / Kristin L. Anderson ... [et al.] -- Family influences on health: a framework to organize research and guide intervention / Deborah J. Jones ... [et al.] -- PART VII. EPILOGUE & COMMENTARY -- The family of the future: what do we face? / Kathllen Galvin.

"Vol. is a comprehensive collection of theory & research in family communication, presenting a synthesis of cutting-edge work & thought on family interaction. For scholars/students in family/interpersonal comm., psychology, family studies, etc."--Publisher description.

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