Explaining family interactions / Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Anita L. Vangelisti, editors.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne, 1949-
Vangelisti, Anita L.
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : Sage, [1995], ©1995.
Subjects:
Communication in families.
Families.
Physical Description:x, 425 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The development of family communication patterns. Communication in infancy
  • The socialization of person-centered communication: parents' contributions to their children's social-cognitive and communication skills
  • Parent-adolescent relationships
  • Accounts and the demystification of courtship
  • Pt. 2. Family relationships in process. How parenthood affects marriage
  • Family interaction during problem solving
  • Family conflict, divorce, and children's adjustment
  • Postdivorce relations
  • Pt. 3. Extending family boundaries
  • Communication in three types of dual career marriages
  • Communication patterns in stepfamilies: redefining family roles, themes, and conflict styles
  • Communication, gender and power: homosexual couples as a case study
  • The aging family culture
  • Communication and family culture.