3rd Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication
This third edition again brings together interdisciplinary contributions to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted resource that reflects the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships.
Chapters continue to address theoretical and methodological issues influencing current conceptions of family and cover communication occurring in a variety of family forms and across social, cultural, and physical contexts.
This third edition includes key updates, such as:
- The use and influence of social media and technology in families
- Parenting and communication in culturally and structurally diverse families
- Communication and physical health of family members
- Managing personal information about difficult topics in families
- The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on family members
This handbook is ideal for students and researchers interested in interpersonal and family communication, relationships, and family therapy within the disciplines of communication, social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, and family studies.
Introduction
PART I: FAMILY COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND METHODS
Chapter 1 - Ten Years of Family Communication Research: Theories, Research, Perspectives, and Trends
Carolyn K. Shue and Glen H. Stamp
Chapter 2 - Perspectives on Studying Family Communication: Methodologies, Methods, and Trends
Elizabeth E. Graham and Scott A. Myers
PART II: COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE FAMILY LIFE COURSE
Chapter 3- Mate Selection and Courtship
Brian Ogolsky and Kale Monk
Chapter 4 - Marital Communication: A Functionalist Perspective
Brian R. W. Baucom and Donald H. Baucom
Chapter 5 - Becoming Parents: Risk, Protective Factors, and Key Methodological Considerations for Future Research
Erin Kramer Holmes, Adam M. Galovan, Clare R. Thomas, and Tiffany L. Clyde
Chapter 6 - Between Younger and Older Generations: Family Communication at Midlife
Kyungmin Kim, Karen L. Fingerman, and Jon Nussbaum
Chapter 7 - Family Communication in Later-Life
Jessica Gasiorek, Christine E. Rittenour, Mei-Chen Lin, and Jake Harwood
PART III: COMMUNICATION IN VARIOUS FAMILY FORMS
Chapter 8 - Communication in Intact Families
Ascan F. Koerner and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Chapter 9 - Divorced and Single Parent Families
Tamara D. Afifi and Allison P. Mazur
Chapter 10 - Stepfamilies as Developed and Enacted in Communication
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt, and Bailey M. Oliver-Blackburn
Chapter 11 - Communication in Adoptive Families
Colleen Warner Colaner and Haley Kranstuber Horstman
Chapter 12 - Sexual and Gender Diversity in Family Relationships
Lisa M. Diamond and Adrian J. Dehlin
Chapter 13 - Support Communication in Culturally Diverse Families: The Role of Stigma Revisited
Stanley O. Gaines and Kristin D. Mickelson
PART IV: THE RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS
Chapter 14 - Mothers, Fathers, and Coparenting Others
James P. McHale and Shawn C.T. Jones
Chapter 15 - Infant Communication
Heather Bortfeld and Allison Gabouer
Chapter 16 - Family Interaction during Middle Childhood
Laura Stafford
Chapter 17 - Family Relationships during Adolescence
Susan Branje, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, and Brett Laursen
Chapter 18 - Communication during Emerging Adulthood
Brian J. Willoughby, Rachel Augustus, and Jeffrey J. Arnett
Chapter 19 - Social Networks and Extended Families
Susan Sprecher, Luke T. Russell, Chang Su-Russell, and Maria Schmeeckle
PART V: FAMILY COMMUNICATION PROCESSES
Chapter 20 - Difficult Family Subjects: Disclosing, Avoiding, Assuming, and Hinting
John P. Caughlin and Daena J. Goldsmith
Chapter 21 - Conflict and Relational Quality in Families
Alan L. Sillars, Rudy C. Pett, Daniel J. Canary, and Anita L. Vangelisti,
Chapter 22 - Persuasion and Families
Steven R. Wilson, Lisa M. Guntzviller, Patricia E. Gettings, and Jonathan T. Baker
Chapter 23 - Social Support in Families
Graham D. Bodie and Kellie St.Cyr Brisini
Chapter 24 - Family Stories and Storytelling: Windows into the Family Soul
Jody Koenig Kellas and April R. Trees
PART VI: COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES
Chapter 25 - Work and Family Interaction
Patrice M. Buzzanell
Chapter 26 - The Media as an Ecosystem for Family Communication
Kristin L. Drogos and Barbara J. Wilson
Chapter 27 - Families Communicating through Technology
Jeffrey A. Hall and Alesia Woszidlo
Chapter 28 - Military Families and Deployment Separations
Leanne K. Knobloch
Chapter 29 - The Reciprocal Influence of Substance Use Disorders and Family Members’ Communication
Ashley Duggan, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, and Beth Le Poire Molineux
Chapter 30 - Charting Dangerous Territory: The Family as a Context of Violence and Aggression
Carmen M. Lee, René M. Dailey, and Brian H. Spitzberg
Chapter 31 - Physiology and Physical Health
Kory Floyd, Colin Hesse, and Perry M. Pauley
Chapter 32 - Mental Health
Chris Segrin
PART VII: EPILOGUE AND COMMENTARY
Chapter 33 - Family Communication: Past and Future
Michael E. Roloff
Biography
Anita L. Vangelisti holds the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Her work focuses on the associations between communication and emotion in personal relationships. She is a distinguished scholar of the National Communication Association and a fellow of the International Communication Association and the International Association for Relationship Research.
