Handbook of family communication / edited by Anita L. Vangelisti.

PART I. FAMILY DEFINITIONS, THEORIES, AND METHODS
Theories of family relationships and a family relationships theoretical model / Glen H. Stamp
Studying family communication: multiple methods and multiple sources / Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney
PART II. COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE FAMILY LIFE COURSE
Research on mate selection and premarital relationships: what do we really know? / Catherine A. Surra ... [et al.]
Communication in marriage / Frank D. Fincham
Becoming parents / Ted L. Huston, Erin Kramer Holmes
Keeping all five balls in the air: juggling family communication at midlife / Karen L. Fingerman, Jon Nussbaum, Kira S. Birditt
An exploration of the marital and family issues of the later-life adult / Fran C. Dickson, Allison Christian, Clyde J. Remmo
PART III. COMMUNICATION IN VARIOUS FAMILY FORMS
Communication in intact families / Ascan F. Koerner, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Communication in divorced and single-paretn families / Julia M Lewis, Judith S. Wallerstein, Linda Johnson-Reitz
Communication in stepfamilies / Marilyn Colemand, Lawrence Ganong, Mark Fine
The family lives of lesbians and gay men / Letitia Anne Pplau, Kristin P. Beals
Communication, families, and exploring the boundaries of cultural diversity / Rhunette C. Diggs, Thomas Socha
PART IV. THE RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS
Mothers and fathers parenting together / William J. Doherty, John M. Beaton
The developmental origins of communication: interactional systems in infancy / Laurie A. Van Egeren, Marguerite S. Barratt
Communication competencies and sociocultural priorities of middle childhood / Laura Stafford
Parent-child communication during adolescence / Brett Laursen, W. Andrew Collins
Extended family and social networks / Maria Schmeeckle, Susan Sprecher
PART V. FAMILY COMMUNICATION PROCESSES
Privacy in families / John P. Caughlin, Sandra Petronio
Communication, conflict, and the quality of family relationships / Alan Sillars, Daniel J. Canary, Melissa Tafoya
Persuasion and families / Steven R. Wilson, Wendy M. Morgan
Emotion and communication in families / Julie Fitness, Jill Duffield
Social Support communication in families / Kelli A. Gardner, Carolyn E. Cutrona
Imagining families through stories and rituals / Jane Jorgenson, Arthur P. Bochner
PART VI. COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES
Discourses on diapers and dirty laundry: family communication about child care and housework / Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Courtney P. Pierce, Abbie E. Goldberg
The mass media and family communication / Barbara J. Wilson
Technology and the family / Nancy Jennings, Ellen Wartella
Influence of drugs and alcohol on family communication: the effects that substance abuse has on family members and the effects that family members have on substance abuse / Beth A. Le Poire
Violence and abuse in families / Kristin L. Anderson ... [et al.]
Family influences on health: a framework to organize research and guide intervention / Deborah J. Jones ... [et al.]
PART VII. EPILOGUE & COMMENTARY
The family of the future: what do we face? / Kathllen Galvin.