The SAGE Handbook of Family Communication

Edited by:

Lynn H. Turner - Marquette University, USA
Richard West - Emerson College, USA

November 2015 | 504 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

A thorough exploration of the critical topics and issues facing family communication researchers today

The Sage Handbook of Family Communication provides a comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Chapters by leading scholars in family communication expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families. The combination of groundbreaking theories, research methods, and reviews of foundational and emerging research in family communication make this an invaluable resource that explores the critical topics and issues facing family communication researchers today.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Kathleen Galvin

Introduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

Lynn Turner, Rich West

1.The Challenge of Defining "Family"

Tina M. Harris, Alberto Gonzalez

2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Family Communication

Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury

3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication

Jeffrey T. Child

4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices

PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS

Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman

5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens

Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin

6. Family Conflict and Communication

John H. Nicholson

7. Intimacy and Family Communication

Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack

8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship

April R. Trees

9. Social Support Processes in the Family

Katheryn C. Maguire

10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research

Tamara Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde Davis

11. Examining Family Secrets from a Communication Perspective

Clay Warren, Laura Kolind Warren

12. Family and Partner Communication about Sex

PART III: FAMILY FORMS

Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher

13. Intergenerational Family Relationships

Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey

14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships

Elizabeth A. Suter

15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families

Paul Schrodt

16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships

Fran C. Dickson, Patrick Hughes

17. Aging Families and Family Communication

PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES

Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler

18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression

Angela M. Hosek

19. Education and Family Communication

Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson

20. Families Communicating about Health

Patrice M. Buzzanell

21. Work and Family Communication

Jeffrey L. Tyus

22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication within Television Sitcoms

PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH

Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen Norwood

23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication

Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson

24. Communicating in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle

Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva

25. Positive Family Communication: Towards a New Normal

Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner Colaner

26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families

Arthur P. Bochner

Epilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning

Index

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

New and updated articles address the latest research, theoretical frameworks, and shifting definitions of family.
New five-part structure clearly lays out the state of family communication scholarship: 1) Foundations, 2) Family Behaviors and Dynamics, 3) Family Forms, 4) Family Interfaces, and 5) Emerging Topics in Family Communication Research.
Streamlined and simplified organization places all research articles in Part 5: Emerging Topics in Family Communication Research.
New emphasis on the variety of family types illustrates the wide range of arrangements that give people the lived experience of family.
New articles cover new topics on families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families.

KEY FEATURES:

The Handbook’s five-part structure clearly lays out the state of family communication scholarship: 1) Foundations, 2) Family Behaviors and Dynamics, 3) Family Forms, 4) Family Interfaces, and 5) Emerging Topics in Family Communication Research.
An emphasis on the variety of family types illustrates the wide range of arrangements that give people the lived experience of family.
A wide range of in-depth, contemporary research offers a reflective review of family communication that provides historical perspective and illustrates the development of the field.

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