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Explaining family interactions / Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Anita L. Vangelisti, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in families.
- Families.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (437 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : Sage, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A detailed review of current research and ideas concerning both communication processes and family functioning is provided in this valuable contribution to the literature. Divided into three parts the book focuses on: communication of family members over time; the role of interaction in various family relationships; and the association between family structure and communication. Readers are provided with a set of questions that they can use to examine their own and other's research and the chapters also illustrate a range of methodological and//or theoretical positions.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - The Development of Family Communication Patterns; Chapter 1 - Communication in Infancy; Chapter 2 - The Socialization of Person-Centered Communication: Parents' Contributions to Their Children's Social-Cognitive and Communication Skills; Chapter 3 - Parent-Adolescent Relationships; Chapter 4 - Accounts and the Demystification of Courtship; Part II - Family Relationships in Process; Chapter 5 - How Parenthood Affects Marriage; Chapter 6 - Family Interaction During Problem Solving; Chapter 7 - Family Conflict, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment
- Chapter 8 - Postdivorce RelationsPart III - Extending Family Boundaries; Chapter 9 - Communication in Three Types of Dual-Career Marriages; Chapter 10 - Communication Patterns in Stepfamilies: Redefining Family Roles, Themes, and Conflict Styles; Chapter 11 - Communication, Gender, and Power: Homosexual Couples as a Case Study; Chapter 12 - The Aging Family; Chapter 13 - Communication and Family Culture; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781452246383
- 1452246386
- OCLC:
- 809774416
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