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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (40 entries) : 3 images ; digital files |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The family communication tree: deep roots, strong branches / Kathleen Galvin -- Part I: Foundations: 1. The challenge of defining "family" / Lynn Turner, Rich West; 2. Constructing a cultural identity through family communication / Tina M. Harris, Alberto Gonzalez; 3. Theoretical approaches to family communication / Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury; 4. Research methods and the study of family communication practices / Jeffrey T. Child -- Part II: Family behavior and dynamics: 5. Communicated narrative sense-making: understanding family narratives, storytelling and the construction of meaning through a communicative lens / Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman; 6. Family conflict and communication / Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin; 7. Intimacy and family communication / John H. Nicholson; 8. Communication and family violence: a review of recent scholarship / Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack; 9. Social support processes in the family / April R. Trees; 10. Stress and coping in families: a review and synthesis of communication research / Katheryn C. Maguire; 11. Examining family secrets from a communication perspective / Tamara Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde Davis; 12. Family and partner communication about sex / Clay Warren, Laura Kolind Warren -- |
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Part III: Family forms: 13. Intergenerational family relationships / Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher; 14. Communication in adult sibling relationships / Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey; 15. Communication in lesbian and gay families / Elizabeth A. Suter; 16. Communication in post-divorce and stepfamily relationships / Paul Schrodt; 17. Aging families and family communication / Fran C. Dickson, Patrick Hughes -- Part IV: Family interfaces: 18. Organized religion and family communication: support and oppression / Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler; 19. Education and family communication / Angela M. Hosek; 20. Families communicating about health / Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson; 21. Work and family communication / Patrice M. Buzzanell; 22. It's All in the Family: an historical analysis of diversity and family communication within television sitcoms / Jeffrey L. Tyus -- |
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Part V: Emerging topics in family communication research: 23. Families and technologically assisted communication / Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen Norwood; 24. Communicating in military families across the deployment cycle / Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson; 25. Positive family communication: towards a new normal / Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva; 26. Familial solidarity and religious identity: communication and interfaith families / Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner Colaner -- Epilogue: On family communication's search for meaning / Arthur P. Bochner -- About the editors -- About the contributors. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference General Reference |
| Subject |
Communication in families.
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Communication in families. |
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Families.
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Families. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Turner, Lynn H., editor.
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West, Richard L., editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Handbook of family communication |
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Family communication |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1483345955 9781483345956 xii, 491 pages |
| ISBN |
9781787859104 electronic version |
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9781483375366 electronic book |
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1483324028 |
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1483375366 electronic book |
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9781483312729 electronic book |
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1483312720 electronic book |
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9781452282022 |
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1452282021 |
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9781483345956 |
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1483345955 |
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9781483324029 |
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