SAGE Handbook of Family Communication
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The Sage Handbook of Family Communication provides a comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Chapters by leading scholars in family communication expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families. The combination of groundbreaking theories, research methods, and reviews of foundational and emerging research in family communication make this an invaluable resource that explores the critical topics and issues facing family communication researchers today.
ISBN
9781483345956
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Sage Publications
City
Thousand Oaks, CA
Keywords
Families, Communication in Families
Disciplines
Communication | Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
1.The Challenge of Defining "Family"
2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Family Communication
3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication
4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices
PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS
5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens
6. Family Conflict and Communication
7. Intimacy and Family Communication
8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship
9. Social Support Processes in the Family
10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research
11. Examining Family Secrets from a Communication Perspective
12. Family and Partner Communication about Sex
PART III: FAMILY FORMS
13. Intergenerational Family Relationships
14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships
15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families
16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships
17. Aging Families and Family Communication
PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES
18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression
19. Education and Family Communication
20. Families Communicating about Health
21. Work and Family Communication
22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication within Television Sitcoms
PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication
24. Communicating in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle
25. Positive Family Communication: Towards a New Normal
26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families
Epilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning
Index
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About the Contributors