The SAGE Handbook of Family Communication

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches - Kathleen Galvin PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1.The Challenge of Defining Family - Lynn Turner, Rich West 2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Communication - Tina M. Harris, Alberto Gonzalez 3. Theoretical Approaches to Communication - Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury 4. Research Methods and the Study of Communication Practices - Jeffrey T. Child PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS 5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens - Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman 6. Conflict and Communication - Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin 7. Intimacy and Communication - John H. Nicholson 8. Communication and Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship - Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack 9. Social Support Processes in the - April R. Trees 10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research - Katheryn C. Maguire 11. Examining Secrets from a Communication Perspective - Tamara Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde Davis 12. and Partner Communication about Sex - Clay Warren, Laura Kolind Warren PART III: FAMILY FORMS 13. Intergenerational Relationships - Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher 14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships - Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey 15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families - Elizabeth A. Suter 16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships - Paul Schrodt 17. Aging Families and Communication - Fran C. Dickson, Patrick Hughes PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES 18. Organized Religion and Communication: Support and Oppression - Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler 19. Education and Communication - Angela M. Hosek 20. Families Communicating about Health - Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson 21. Work and Communication - Patrice M. Buzzanell 22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Communication within Television Sitcoms - Jeffrey L. Tyus PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication - Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen Norwood 24. Communicating in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle - Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson 25. Positive Communication: Towards a New Normal - Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva 26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families - Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner Colaner Epilogue: On Communication's Search for Meaning - Arthur P. Bochner Index About the Editors About the Contributors