Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family CommunicationKory Floyd, Mark T. Morman "In Widening the Family Circle , the editors have assembled an eclectic group of accomplished authors to shed much needed light on many of the diverse and important forms of family relationships that are rarely studied or even understood. The focus on detailed description, examples, and research findings will appeal to both students and research scholars alike." -Chris Segrin, University of Arizona "This book helps us to realize the uniqueness of family systems and how many different types of relationships contribute to making up the family. It has a definite place in the market and for use in the classroom." -Nancy J. Eckstein, Bethel University Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication bridges the significant gap in family communication literature by providing a thorough examination of lesser-studied family relationships, such as those involving grandparents, in-laws, cousins, stepfamilies, and adoptive parents. In this engaging text, editors Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman bring together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretic essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication to constitute a stronger, more complete understanding of communication within the family. Key Features : Addresses lesser-studied family relationships : While most books on family communication focus primarily on marriage and biological, custodial parent-child relations, this text explores a much wider circle of family relationships. A thorough examination of stepfamilies, mothers/adult daughters, adult siblings, grandparents, adoptive, fathers/adult sons, parents- and siblings-in-law, and post-divorce relationships is provided. Offers commentary by leading family communication scholars : This book brings together the best of the research being conducted on various types of family relationships and showcases the work of some of the most respected scholars within the field of family communication. Includes abundant references : A comprehensive reference section provides rich sources of literature reviews not included in many other texts to help students and scholars with their own projects and research. Intended Audience : Perfect supplementary textbook for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses in Family Communication; also relevant for many courses in Human Communication, Family Psychology, Family Studies, and Social Psychology |
Contents
FamilyofOrigin Relationships | 1 |
Mens Perceptions | 3 |
Mikkelson | 21 |
Copyright | |
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adolescent adoptive families adoptive parents adult sibling relationships adulthood affection Afifi African American age salience Arizona State University associated aunting relationships Baxter behaviors biological blended families Braithwaite caregiving challenges chapter child child-in-law children-in-law Cicirelli closeness communication patterns conflict couples culture daugh developmental disclosure divorce dyads emotional examined example experience extended family family forms family members family relationships father feelings Floyd focus focused former spouses Golish grandchildren grandparent-grandchild relationship grandparents Harwood identity important in-law relationships influence interaction involved issues lives marital marriage Miller-Day Morman mother-adult daughter relationship mother-daughter relationship mothers and daughters mothers-in-law National Communication Association negative nuclear family open adoption parent-child relationships parents-in-law perspective Petronio post-divorce families privacy boundaries psychological rela relational reported responses rivalry role Schrodt Serewicz share sibling-in-law relationship social sonhood sons stepchildren stepparents stepsiblings theory tion tionship triad triadic turning points types U.S. Census Bureau understudied women