The Routledge handbook of family communication

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Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Preface Introduction Part I Family Communication Theories and Methods 1 Ten Years of Family Communication Research: Theories, Research Perspectives, and Trends 2 Perspectives on Studying Family Communication: Methodologies, Methods, and Trends Part II Communication Across the Family Life Course 3 Mate Selection and Courtship 4 Marital Communication: A Functionalist Perspective 5 Becoming Parents: Risk, Protective Factors, and Key Methodological Considerations for Future Research 6 Between Younger and Older Generations: Family Communication at Midlife 7 Family Communication in Later Life Part III Communication in Various Family Forms 8 Communication in Intact Families 9 Divorced and Single-Parent Families 10 Stepfamilies as Developed and Enacted in Communication 11 Communication in Adoptive Families 12 Sexual and Gender Diversity and Family Relationships 13 Support Communication in Culturally Diverse Families: The Role of Stigma, Revisited Part IV The Relational Communication of Family Members 14 Mothers, Fathers, and Coparenting Others 15 Infant Communication 16 Family Interaction During Middle Childhood 17 Family Relationships During Adolescence 18 Communication During Emerging Adulthood 19 Social Networks and Extended Families Part V Family Communication Processes 20 Difficult Family Subjects: Disclosing, Avoiding, Assuming, and Hinting 21 Conflict and Relational Quality in Families 22 Persuasion and Families 23 Social Support in Families 24 Family Stories and Storytelling: Windows Into the Family Soul Part VI Communication and Contemporary Family Issues 25 Work and Family Interaction 26 The Media as an Ecosystem for Family Communication 27 Families Communicating Through Technology 28 Military Families and Deployment Separations 29 The Reciprocal Influence of Substance Use Disorders and Family Members’ Communication 30 Charting Dangerous Territory: The Family as a Context of Violence and Aggression 31 Physiology and Physical Health 32 Mental Health Part VII Epilogue and Commentary 33 Epilogue: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Family Communication Research: Initial Results and Directions for Future Research Contributors Index