1st Edition

Marriage and the Culture of Peace Communication Skills for Families, Therapists, and Society

212 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides skills for therapists and families to help improve interpersonal communication, promoting a new system of family coexistence and a refreshed concept of the modern marriage in society. Written from a constructivist peace perspective, the book’s aim is to reduce the high statistics of intimate partner violence that occurs in Mexico, arguing that the culture of peace and how... Read more
Prologue. Introduction. 1. Marriage and a Culture of Peace 2. Skill 1: Assertive Language 3. Skill 2: Active Listening 4. Skill 3: Tolerance to Frustration 5. Culture of Peace with Approach to the Gender Perspective in Marriage. Index.

Biography

Cecilia Sarahi de la Rosa Vazquez is a full-time professor and researcher at Autonomous University of Coahuila, México. She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level I and holds a PhD in Alternative Method of Conflict Resolution. She is a woman, wife, and mother.

Paris A. Cabello-Tijerina is a full-time professor and researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) Level II. He holds a PhD in Social Intervention and Mediation and is a PhD candidate in International Studies in Peace, Conflict, and Development.

"This work will be of obligatory consultation for all those researchers new to the fields of peace and the family, as well as experts in the sector, as its proposals are fresh and innovative, for it projects a new system of family coexistence, as it balances the members of the family, moving away from the old myth of marriage where only one decides" - Francisco Gorjón Gómez, PhD, Professor Autonomous University of Nuevo León