Family Communication: Cohesion and Change

ISBN-13: 9780415417822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 490 str.

Kathleen M. Galvin

Opis

This tenth edition of Family Communication encourages students to think critically about family interaction patterns and to analyze them using a variety of communication theories. It emphasizes the diversity of today's families in structure, ethnic patterns, gender socialization, and developmental experiences.

Spis treści

1. What Is a Family?  2. What Is Family Communication?  3. Family Communication Theories  4. Communication Patterns and the Creation of Family Identity  5. Relational Maintenance Within Families  6. Intimacy Within Partnerships and Families  7. Communication and Family Roles and Types  8. Power, Influence, and Decision-Making in Families  9. Communication and Family Conflict  10. Communication and Family Developmental Stresses  11. Family Communication and Unpredictable Stress  12. Family Communication and Well-Being