Handbook of family communication
By: edited by Anita L. Vangelisti.
Contributors: Vangelisti, Anita L.
Series: LEA's communication series
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 767
Subjects: Communication in the family; Interpersonal communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: PART I. FAMILY DEFINITIONS, THEORIES, AND METHODS; title: Theories of family relationships and a family relationships theoretical model -- Glen H. Stamp; title: Studying family communication: multiple methods and multiple sources -- Patricia Noller, -- Judith A. Feeney -- PART II. COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE FAMILY LIFE COURSE; title: Research on mate selection and premarital relationships: what do we really know? -- Catherine A. Surra ... [et al.]; title: Communication in marriage -- Frank D. Fincham; title: Becoming parents -- Ted L. Huston, -- Erin Kramer Holmes; title: Keeping all five balls in the air: juggling family communication at midlife -- Karen L. Fingerman, -- Jon Nussbaum, -- Kira S. Birditt; title: 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; title: Communication in intact families -- Ascan F. Koerner, -- Mary Anne Fitzpatrick; title: Communication in divorced and single-parent families -- Julia M Lewis, -- Judith S. Wallerstein, -- Linda Johnson-Reitz; title: Communication in stepfamilies -- Marilyn Colemand, -- Lawrence Ganong, -- Mark Fine; title: The family lives of lesbians and gay men -- Letitia Anne Peplau, -- Kristin P. Beals; title: Communication, families, and exploring the boundaries of cultural diversity -- Rhunette C. Diggs, -- Thomas Socha -- PART IV. THE RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS; title: Mothers and fathers parenting together -- William J. Doherty, -- John M. Beaton; title: The developmental origins of communication: interactional systems in infancy -- Laurie A. Van Egeren, -- Marguerite S. Barratt; title: Communication competencies and sociocultural priorities of middle childhood -- Laura Stafford; title: Parent-child communication during adolescence -- Brett Laursen, -- W. Andrew Collins; title: Extended family and social networks -- Maria Schmeeckle, -- Susan Sprecher -- PART V. FAMILY COMMUNICATION PROCESSES; title: Privacy in families -- John P. Caughlin, -- Sandra Petronio; title: Communication, conflict, and the quality of family relationships -- Alan Sillars, -- Daniel J. Canary, -- Melissa Tafoya; title: Persuasion and families -- Steven R. Wilson, -- Wendy M. Morgan; title: Emotion and communciation in families -- Julie Fitness, -- Jill Duffield; title: Social Support communication in families -- Kelli A. Gardner, -- Carolyn E. Cutrona; title: Imagining families through stories and rituals -- Jane Jorgenson, -- Arthur P. Bochner -- PART VI. COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES; title: Discourses on diapers and dirty laundry: family communication about child care and housework -- Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Courtney P. Pierce, -- Abbie E. Goldberg; title: The mass media and family communication -- Barbara J. Wilson; title: Technology and the family -- Nancy Jennings, -- Ellen Wartella; title: 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; title: Violence and abuse in families -- Kristin L. Anderson ... [et al.]; title: Family influences on health: a framework to organize research and guide intervention -- Deborah J. Jones ... [et al.] -- PART VII. EPILOGUE & COMMENTARY; title: The family of the future: what do we face?-- Kathllen Galvin.