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Engaging Theories in Family Communication
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Engaging Theories in Family Communication
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October 2005 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
To date, scholars from disciplines other than communication have dominated the study of family communication, and theory has never been positioned as the centerpiece of a book dealing with this subject matter. Engaging Theories in Family Communication covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book on the market to deal exclusively with family communication theory. Its editors (Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter) and contributors (including Valerie Manusov, Tamara Golish, Fran Dickson, Julia Wood, Kory Floyd, Sandra Petronio, Beth LePoire, Kathleen Galvin, Mary Ann Fitzpatrick, and Anita Vangelisti) compose a veritable Who's Who in the family communication field. As a core text or a companion text to other topically-based family communication texts, Engaging Theories in Family Communication is written at the level that advanced undergraduate and graduate students can understand, and it will be a valuable resource for scholars, and have applicability and interest coming from family studies, sociology, and psychology as well.

Key Features:

There is no other book on the market that focuses specifically on family communication theories.

Twenty theories, both classical and cutting-edge, each covered in a separate chapter in the volume, each dealing with:

(1) purpose of the theory,

(2) major features as relevant to the understanding of family communication,

(3) how the chapter fits into the section in which the editors have placed it (theories in family communication, theories of communication, theories of family communication),

(4) how this theory has been used to understand communication in the family and how this theory could be used to understand communication in the family,

(5) strengths and limitations of the theory to shed light on family communication, and

(6) research directions for future researchers using this theory

The editors (Braithwaite and Baxter) and contributors represent a virtual "Who's Who" of leading scholars in the field of family communication

Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter
Preface
Anita L. Vangelisti
Foreword: Family Communication Theories: Variations and Challenges
Leslie A. Baxter and Dawn O. Braithwaite
1. Introduction: Meta-Theory and Theory in Family Communication Research
 
I. Theories Originating in Communication
Jake Harwood, Jordan Soliz & Mei-Chen Lin
2. Communication Accommodation Theory: An Intergroup Approach to Family Relationships
Sandra Petronio & John Caughlin
3. Communication Privacy Management Theory: Understanding Families
Ascan F. Koerner & Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
4. Family Communication Patterns Theory: A Social Cognitive Approach
Steven R. Wilson & Wendy M. Morgan
5. Goals-Plan-Action Theories: Theories of Goals, Plans, and Planning Processes in Families
Beth A. Le Poire & Rene M. Dailey
6. Inconsistent Nurturing as Control Theory: A New Theory in Family Communication
Kristin M. Langellier & Eric E. Peterson
7. Narrative Performance Theory: Telling Stories, Doing Family
L. Edna Rogers
8. Relational Communication Theory: An Interactional Family Theory
Leslie A. Baxter
9. Relational Dialectics Theory: Multivocal Dialogues of Family Communication
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt & Jody Koenig Kellas
10. Symbolic Conergence Theory: Communication, Dramatizing Messages, and Rhetorical Visions in Families
 
II. Theories Originating in Complementary Fields
April R. Trees
11. Attachment Theory: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Family Communication and Attachment Patterns
Valerie L. Manusov
12. Attribution Theories: Assessing Causal and Responsibility Judgments in Families
Julia T. Wood
13. Critical Feminist Theories: A Provocative Perspective on Families
William R. Cupach & Loreen N. Olson
14. Emotion Regulation Theory: A Lens for Viewing Family Conflict and Violence
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
15. Social Theories: Social Constructionism and Symbolic Interactionism
Marianne Dainton & Eliane D. Zelley
16. Social Exchange Theories: Interdependence and Equity
Adrianne Kunkel, Mary Lee Hummert & Michael Robert Dennis
17. Social Learning Theory: Modeling and Communication in the Family Context
Tamara Afifi & Jon Nussbaum
18. Stress and Adaptation Theories: Families Across the Lifespan
Kathleen Krone, Paul Schrodt & Erika Kirby
19. Structuration Theory: Promising Directions for Family Communication Research
Kathleen Galvin, Fran Dickson, and Sherilyn R. Marrow
20. Systems Theory: Patterns and (W)holes in Family Communication
Kory Floyd & Mark T. Haynes
21. The Theory of Natural Selection: An Evolutionary Approach to Family Communication
 
Index
 
About the Editors
 
About the Contributors

"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."

Family Therapy
Libra Publishers

Engaging Theories in Family Communication is a thorough review of relevant theory on family communication within and outside of the communication discipline. It is the perfect text for junior and senior courses, and really encourages students to connect theory to their own lives.

Rebecca Roberts
Communication Journalism Dept, University Of Wyoming
July 15, 2014

We need more modern theory resources for family therapy. Our curriculum is woefully underdeveloped in this area.

By allowing students to learn about family therapy before they graduate, they can get a head start in their postgraduate education, getting closer to theoretical tendencies that are shaping families today.

Professor Daniel Velazquez
Escuela de Psicología , Cetys Universidad
December 9, 2012

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