The Family Communication Sourcebook

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Defining and Interpreting the family Diversity`s Impact on Defining the family : Discourse- dependence and identity .........3 Defining the family through relationships ............21 2. Theoretical and methodological cosiderations Theories and metatheories to explain family communication : An Overview .............43 Established and promising models for family communications research .............61 Methodological Approaches to the study of family communication..........83 3. Internal Family dynamics Family storytelling as Communication practice ......109 Cover stories as family communication practice .....129 Mulling about family conflict and communication: what we know and what we need to know .........143 Family conflict and adolescents .......165 That dear octopus : A family - based model of Intimacy ..........183 When friendly advice becomes a privacy dilemma for pregnant couples : Applying communication privacy management theory ....201 Orchestrating and directing domestic potential through communication : Towards a positive reframing of Discipline ..............219 Parental physical negative touch and child noncompliance in abusive, neglectful, and Comparison families : A meta-analysis of Observational Studies ........237 Family rituals...........259 Ritual activity in Postbereaved stepfamilies ............281 4. External Structural Frameworks Implications of living in a Wired family : New directions in Family and media Research ...............297 Cyberkids : The influence of Mediation and motivation on Children`s use of and Attitudes toward the internet ..........315 Employees without families: Discourses of family as an external Constraint to work - life balance ......335 Communicating contradictions : Producing dialectical Tension through work, family and balance socialization messages....353 Relational Dynamics in Interfaith marriage ..............373 women Belong in the Pulpit : Family and professional Tensions in the lives of Southern baptist women Pastors ..............389 Family School relationship:Theoretical Perspectives and concern............403 The impact of Parent`s Use of Hurtful messages on Adult children`s Self- esteem and Educational Motivation ............425 Interrelations between family communication and health communication ........447 Dialectical Tensions in Families experiencing acute health issues : stroke survivors perceptions ..........469