Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives

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Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter
SAGE Publications, Aug 26, 2005 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 384 pages
Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book on the market to deal exclusively with family communication theory. In this volume, editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter bring together a group of contributors that represent a veritable Who's Who in the family communication field. These scholars examine both classic and cutting-edge theories to guide family communication research in the coming years.
 

Contents

Metatheory and Theory in Family Communication Research
1
Part I Theories Originating in Communication
17
An Intergroup Approach to Family Relationships
19
Understanding Families
35
A Social Cognitive Approach
50
Theories of Goals Plans and Planning Processes in Families
66
A New Theory in Family Communication
82
Telling Stories Doing Family
99
A Provocative Perspective on Families
197
A Lens for Viewing Family Conflict and Violence
213
Social Constructionism and Symbolic Interactionism
229
Interdependence and Equity
243
Modeling and Communication in the Family Context
260
Families Across the Life Span
276
Promising Directions for Family Communication Research
293
Patterns and Wholes in Family Communication
309

An Interactional Family Theory
115
Multivocal Dialogues of Family Communication
130
Communication Dramatizing Messages and Rhetorical Visions in Families
146
Part II Theories Originating In Complementary Fields
163
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Family Communication and Attachment Patterns
165
Assessing Causal and Responsibility Judgments In Families
181
An Evolutionary Approach to Family Communication
325
Index
341
About the Editors
355
About the Contributors
357
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Dawn O. Braithwaite (Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.A., California State University, Long Beach, B.A., California State University Fullerton) is nationally recognized as one of the leading scholars in family communication. She was president of the National Communication Association in 2010, past president of the Western States Communication Association (2000), and past chair of the Interpersonal Communication Division at NCA. She was named the Distinguished Scholar by the Western States Communication Association in 2014. Braithwaite is the recipient of numerous research and service awards (among them: 2011 NCA Family Communication Division Distinguished Book Award, 2007 WSCA Distinguished Service Award, 2006 NCA Brommel Award for Family Communication, 2002 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Achievement in the Social Sciences, 2000 ACA Gerald Phillips Mentoring Award), and numerous Top Paper Awards in interpersonal and family communication. She is a Senior Research Fellow of the Council on Contemporary Families. She is co-author of the college textbooks Family communication: Cohesion and change (Pearson, ©, 2015), Casing Interpersonal Communication (Kendall Hunt, ©2011, 2015) and Engaging Theories in Family Communication (Sage, ©2006) and sits or has sat on many editorial journal boards including: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Journal of Family Communication; Western Journal of Communication; Journal of Applied Communication Research; Communication Studies; and Communication Monographs. She, along with co-editor Paul Schrodt, is one of the best connected and well-regarded scholars within the discipline.

Leslie A. Baxter is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, where she has taught for 15 years. She has published over 130 books, book chapters, and articles on interpersonal and family communication. She is the recipient of many awards, including, from the National Communication Association, the Distinguished Scholar Award, the Bernard Brommel Family Communication Award, the Charles Woolbert Research Award, the Franklin Knower Article Award, and the Gerald Miller Book Award; the Berscheid-Hatfield Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (formerly INPR); and the inaugural WSCA Scholar Award from the Western States Communication Association.

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