Family Communication

Family Communication: Theory and Research, 1/e
Lorin Basden Arnold, RowanUniversity
 
Family Communication: Theories and Research combines the topical coverage of an overview text with the diversity of stance typical of an anthology, providing both breadth and depth in the field.   In addition to overviews of research and theory, most chapters include research exemplars written by prominent and rising scholars in family communication.
 
Diversity is also a focus throughout the text, with a variety of family types, perspectives, and experiences included to expose students to contemporary family dynamics. Family communication research typically proceeds from either a social scientific or humanistic/interpretive perspective.  This book includes research and theory from both perspectives, thus enabling use in programs that particularly embrace either option.
 
Features:

• Research Exemplars conclude with a series of discussion questions to stimulate critical analysis, and can be used as assignments or discussion points in the classroom.  Each chapter provides extensive source references that can help guide additional student research for papers or other projects.
• Specific chapters on Sexuality and the Family and Health and Disability draw attention to these vital, yet often underexplored areas of family communication..
• Media Connections and Thought Questions retain student interest in the material and provide connections to other venues for further research and analysis.

 
Quotations:
 “This textbook - with its unique emphasis - enriches our understanding of family communication, features current research, and is interesting.” -- Robert Harrison, GallaudetUniversity
“Strengths (of this text) include: (1) the broad focus of the book, (2) the fine reputation of the chapter authors, and (3) the addition of the appendix material on how to read a scholarly article as many students are not familiar with reading scholarly articles." -- Marceline Thompson-Hayes, ArkansasState University

List of contents

Preface-Introduction to the text
 
Chapter 1: Communication and the Family - Lorin Basden Arnold
 
Chapter 2: Family Types
Section 1: Overview of Family Types, and Structures - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Family Communication and Interpersonal Communication Competence in Intact Families - Joy Koesten
Section 3: Families' Use of Communicative Coping in Post-Divorce Families - Tamara D. Afifi
Section 4: Developing and Maintaining Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships - Sherry Holladay
Section 5: Conclusions and Application- How Can Understanding Family Type Impact You?-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 3: The Family as a System
Section 1: Overview of the Family as a System - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Going Away to College: A Family Turning Point - Jo Anna Grant and Annette Folwell
Section 3: What does it Mean to be a Good Father? - Kory Floyd and Mark Morman
Section 4: Dialectic Characteristics and Shadow Realities in Postmarital Relationships - Elizabeth Graham and Autumn Edwards
Section 5:  Conclusions and Application - Thinking about the Systemic Nature of Your Own Family-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 4: Family Rules, Rituals, and Stories
Section 1: Overview of Family communication processes - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Family Home Media Rules and Interactions - Chrys Egan
Section 3: Collective Remembering and Ritualized Communication About the
Deceased Parent in Post-Bereaved Stepfamilies - Leah Bryant
Section 4: Storytelling as a Means to Communicate within the Family-The Orphan Stories - Dennis Leoutsakas
Section 5: Conclusions and Application - Reflecting on Your Family Rules, Rituals, and Stories-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 5: Expressions of Intimacy, Support, and Affection in the family
Section 1: Overview of Family and Intimacy and Affection - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Negotiating Intimate Family Ties in Ordinary Family Interaction-Shirley Staske-Bell
Section 3: Sex and Gender in Relational Maintenance-Marianne Dainton
Section 4: Family Communication Patterns and the Socialization of Support Skills - Ascan Koerner and Laura Maki
Section 5: Conclusions and Application - Intimacy, Affection, and Social Support in Your Life-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 6: Expressions of Power and Conflict in the family
Section 1: Overview of Family Power, Decision Making, and Conflict - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: An Exploratory Investigation into Family Conflict Roles-Patrick Hughes and Chelsea Stowe
Section 3: “What do YOU do when your teenager hits you?”: Exploring Conflict Tactics Used by Parents in Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse - Nancy Eckstein
Section 4: Enacting Conflict as Resistance Urban Indian Women in Hindu Arranged Marriages-Devika Chawla
Section 5: Conclusions and Application - Power and Conflict in Your Family Experience-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 7: Race/Ethnicity and Family
Section 1: Overview of Race and Ethnicity Research - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: :  “What Shall I Tell My Daughters That Are Black”:  Oral History Reflections of Middle Class African American Motherhood in a Culturally Diverse Community - Patricia Hill
Section 3: The Mother-Adolescent Daughter Tug-of-War: Ethnicity's Impact on the Connection-Autonomy Dialectic - Barbara Penington
Section 4: Parenting in the Interracial Family: More Alike Than Different - Suzy Prentiss
Section 4: Conclusions and Application - Issues of Race and Ethnicity in Your Family Experience-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 8: Sexuality and the family
Section 1: Overview of Sexuality and the Family - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Communicating about Sex as a Daughter, Parent, and Teacher - Amber Kinser
Section 3: The Social Context of Lesbian Family Identity - Elizabeth Suter, Karla Bergen, and Karen Daas
Section 4: Conclusions and Application - Sexuality, Family, and You-Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 9: Family Health and Disability Issues
Section 1: Overview of Family Health and Disability Issues - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Talking With Your Children about Alcohol and Other Drugs
Are Parents the Anti-Drug?- Michelle Miller-Day
Section 3: Disability in the Family:  Narratives of Experience and Stories in Children's Literature - Elaine Jenks and Dena Beeghly
Section 4: Disability and Parenting: Representations of Consequence - Joy Cypher
Section 5: Conclusions and Application-Considering Health, Disability, Family, and Socialization- Lorin Basden Arnold
Chapter 10: The Family in Mediated Contexts
Section 1: Overview of the Family in Mediated Contexts - Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 2: Family Communication in the Age of the Internet-Traci Anderson, Kevin Pearce and Tara Crowell
Section 3: Social Support and Empowerment for Mothers on a Pregnancy Bulletin Board-Lorin Basden Arnold
Section 4: Where are the Mommies?: A Content Analysis of Women's Magazines - Deb Swanson and Dede Johnston
Section 5: Conclusions and Application - The Media as Part of Your Family Life-Lorin Basden Arnold
Conclusion : Family Communication Research-Past, Present, & Future
 
Appendix A: How to Read a Scholarly Research Report
Appendix B: Sources for Family Communication Research and Information

Summary

Family Communication: Theories and Research combines the topical coverage of an overview text with the diversity of stance of an anthology, providing both breadth and depth in the field.   In addition to overviews of research and theory, most chapters include research exemplars written by prominent and rising scholars in family communication.
 
Diversity is also a focus throughout the text, with a variety of family types, perspectives, and experiences included to expose students to contemporary family dynamics. Family communication research typically proceeds from either a social scientific or humanistic/interpretive perspective.  This book includes research and theory from both perspectives, thus enabling use in programs that particularly embrace either option.

Product details

• Authors: Lorin Basden Arnold
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780205453641
• ISBN: 978-0-205-45364-1
• No. of pages: 433
• Weight: 620 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries