Research Catalog

Title

Family communication / Chris Segrin, Jeanne Flora.

Author

Segrin, Chris.

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Flora, Jeanne.

Description

viii, 496 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"Serving as a uniquely inclusive and rigorous exploration of family communication, this text offers students a complete and easy-to-understand discussion of relevant theory and research, while providing advanced readers and scholars with a comprehensive reference to classic and contemporary scholarship on family communication and relationships."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

LEA's communication series

Uniform Title

LEA's communication series.

Subjects

• Families > Research
• Interpersonal relations
• Dysfunctional families
• Communication in families
• Family assessment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (409-467) and indexes.

Contents

1. Defining family communication and family functioning -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on family communication -- 3. Family interaction patterns : norms and networks, routines and rituals, stories and secrets -- 4. Family interaction processes : power, decision making, conflict, and intimacy -- 5. Courtship and mate selection -- 6. Marriage and intimate partnerships -- 7. Parent-child communication -- 8. Sibling and extended family relationships -- 9. Models of family stress and coping -- 10. Normative and nonnormative family stressors -- 11. Divorce -- 12. Renegotiating family communication : remarriage and stepfamilies -- 13. Family interaction and mental health -- 14. Family interaction and physical health -- 15. Family violence and abuse -- 16. Improving family communication and family relationships.

ISBN

• 0805847979 (case : alk. paper)
• 0805847987 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004013165

OCLC

• ocm55624597
• SCSB-5093376

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries