Upper level students and researchers in media and communication studies, family studies and family policy. INDICE: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches - Kathleen GalvinPART I: FOUNDATIONS1.The Challenge of Defining Family - Lynn Turner, Rich West2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Family Communication - Tina M. Harris, Alberto Gonzalez3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication - Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices - Jeffrey T. ChildPART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens - Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman6. Family Conflict and Communication - Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin7. Intimacy and Family Communication - John H. Nicholson8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship - Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack9. Social Support Processes in the Family - April R. Trees10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research - Katheryn C. Maguire11. Examining Family Secrets from a Communication Perspective - Tamara Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde Davis12. Family and Partner Communication about Sex - Clay Warren, Laura Kolind WarrenPART III: FAMILY FORMS13. Intergenerational Family Relationships - Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships - Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families - Elizabeth A. Suter16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships - Paul Schrodt17. Aging Families and Family Communication - Fran C. Dickson, Patrick HughesPART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression - Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler19. Education and Family Communication - Angela M. Hosek20. Families Communicating about Health - Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson21. Work and Family Communication - Patrice M. Buzzanell22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication within Television Sitcoms - Jeffrey L. TyusPART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication - Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen Norwood24. Communicating in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle - Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson25. Positive Family Communication: Towards a New Normal - Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families - Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner ColanerEpilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning - Arthur P. BochnerIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors
- ISBN: 978-1-4833-4595-6
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2014
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