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Widening the family circle : new research on family communication

Addresses the significant gap in the family communication literature by bringing together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretical essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication within the large category of family relationships. It serves as a resource for information on ten different types of family relationships.
Print Book, English, ©2006
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2006
xvi, 259 pages ; 24 cm
9781412909211, 9781412909228, 141290921X, 1412909228
60668967
Communication over the life span / Michelle Miller-Day & Carla Fisher
Communication among peers / Alan Mikkelson
The good son / Mark T. Morman and Kory Floyd
Friends and allies / Jordan Eli Soliz, Mei-Chen Lin, and Karen Anderson
The "other" women in family life / Patricia J. Sotirin and Laura L. Ellingson
Getting along with the in-laws / Mary Claire Morr Serewicz
Joined by hearts and words / Kathleen M. Galvin
Understudied and misunderstood / Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt, Leslie A. Baxter
Investigating privacy boundaries / Tamara D. Afifi and Tara McManus
Understudied relationships in family communication research / Lynn H. Turner and Richard West