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


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


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
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