<em>"Engaging Theories in Family Communication covers uncharted territory in its field, as it deals exclusively with family communication theory. Theses scholars examine both classic and cutting edge theories to guide family communication in coming years."</em>

- Family Therapy, Libra Publishers

"The breadth of theories presented and collected in this text is an impressive accomplishment. The editors have done a great service to the field with this book." —Lynn H. Turner, Marquette University   "The chapters are very informative, useful, and accessible. There is a huge need to better ground family communication in theory, and this text will provide an important start for students and researchers."   —Douglas Kelley, Arizona State UniversityTo date, scholars from disciplines other than communication have dominated the study of family communication. Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book on the market to deal exclusively with family communication theory. In this volume, editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter bring together a group of contributors who represent a Who′s Who in the family communication field. These scholars examine both classic and cutting-edge theories to guide family communication research in the coming years.   Key Features: A clear overview of theory and three meta-theoretical discourses— logical empirical, interpretive, and critical—to provide readers with a current landscape of family communication researchChapter-opening notes help students understand the paradigm into which a theory falls and the historical roots of each theoryForeword by renowned scholar Anita Vangelisti frames the current state of family communication and provides a unique perspective on theory-building in family communication   Engaging Theories in Family Communication is designed for students studying family communication in courses such as Family Communication, Personal Relationships, Communication Theory, Applied Communication, and Advanced Interpersonal Communication. It can also be used in a variety of Family Studies, Sociology, and Psychology courses focusing on family communication.
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Features twenty theories, both classical and cutting-edge. This title enables understanding of family communication; (theories in family communication, theories of communication, theories of family communication); and how this theory has been used to understand communication in the family.
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Preface - Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter Foreword: Family Communication Theories: Variations and Challenges - Anita L. Vangelisti 1. Introduction: Meta-Theory and Theory in Family Communication Research - Leslie A. Baxter and Dawn O. Braithwaite I. Theories Originating in Communication 2. Communication Accommodation Theory: An Intergroup Approach to Family Relationships - Jake Harwood, Jordan Soliz & Mei-Chen Lin 3. Communication Privacy Management Theory: Understanding Families - Sandra Petronio & John Caughlin 4. Family Communication Patterns Theory: A Social Cognitive Approach - Ascan F. Koerner & Mary Anne Fitzpatrick 5. Goals-Plan-Action Theories: Theories of Goals, Plans, and Planning Processes in Families - Steven R. Wilson & Wendy M. Morgan 6. Inconsistent Nurturing as Control Theory: A New Theory in Family Communication - Beth A. Le Poire & Rene M. Dailey 7. Narrative Performance Theory: Telling Stories, Doing Family - Kristin M. Langellier & Eric E. Peterson 8. Relational Communication Theory: An Interactional Family Theory - L. Edna Rogers 9. Relational Dialectics Theory: Multivocal Dialogues of Family Communication - Leslie A. Baxter 10. Symbolic Conergence Theory: Communication, Dramatizing Messages, and Rhetorical Visions in Families - Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt & Jody Koenig Kellas II. Theories Originating in Complementary Fields 11. Attachment Theory: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Family Communication and Attachment Patterns - April R. Trees 12. Attribution Theories: Assessing Causal and Responsibility Judgments in Families - Valerie L. Manusov 13. Critical Feminist Theories: A Provocative Perspective on Families - Julia T. Wood 14. Emotion Regulation Theory: A Lens for Viewing Family Conflict and Violence - William R. Cupach & Loreen N. Olson 15. Social Theories: Social Constructionism and Symbolic Interactionism - Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz 16. Social Exchange Theories: Interdependence and Equity - Marianne Dainton & Eliane D. Zelley 17. Social Learning Theory: Modeling and Communication in the Family Context - Adrianne Kunkel, Mary Lee Hummert & Michael Robert Dennis 18. Stress and Adaptation Theories: Families Across the Lifespan - Tamara Afifi & Jon Nussbaum 19. Structuration Theory: Promising Directions for Family Communication Research - Kathleen Krone, Paul Schrodt & Erika Kirby 20. Systems Theory: Patterns and (W)holes in Family Communication - Kathleen Galvin, Fran Dickson, and Sherilyn R. Marrow 21. The Theory of Natural Selection: An Evolutionary Approach to Family Communication - Kory Floyd & Mark T. Haynes Index About the Editors About the Contributors
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780761930600
Publisert
2005-10-20
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
640 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Biographical note

Dawn O. Braithwaite (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is a Willa Cather Professor of Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studies discourse dependent families, dialectics of relating, and communication rituals in step- and voluntary families. She has published six authored and co-edited books, including Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.), Family Communication: Cohesion and Change (10th ed.) and over 125 articles and chapters.   Dr. Braithwaite was named a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association and the Western States Communication Association. She received NCA’s Brommel Award for Family Communication, and the Samuel Becker Distinguished Service Award, She received the Distinguised Service award for WSCA and is a Past President. Dr. Braithwaite is a Past President of the National Communication Association. Leslie A. Baxter is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, where she has taught for 15 years. She has published over 130 books, book chapters, and articles on interpersonal and family communication. She is the recipient of many awards, including, from the National Communication Association, the Distinguished Scholar Award, the Bernard Brommel Family Communication Award, the Charles Woolbert Research Award, the Franklin Knower Article Award, and the Gerald Miller Book Award; the Berscheid-Hatfield Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (formerly INPR); and the inaugural WSCA Scholar Award from the Western States Communication Association.