Family Communication Nurturing and Control in a Changing World [Paperback]

Family Communication: Nurturing and Control in a Changing World thoroughly reviews the traditional family communication theories of roles theory, family systems theory, and rules theory in an engaging, non-traditional way. This book uniquely organizes the study of family communication around the concepts of nurturing and control in all family relationships, across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes in families.

Family Communication: Nurturing and Control in a Changing World thoroughly reviews the traditional family communication theories of roles theory, family systems theory, and rules theory in an engaging, non-traditional way. This book uniquely organizes the study of family communication around the concepts of nurturing and control in all family relationships, across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes in families.

Introduction
1. Introduction: Families, Communication, and Family Communication
Families
Communication
Family Communication
Why Communication is Central to Families
Summary
Key Terms
Questions for Application
2. Family Forms in Our Changing Society
Introduction - The Family Context
Societal Influences on the Family Form
Family Forms
Summary
Key Terms
Questions for Application
3. Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Communication in the Family
Introduction of Theory
Roles Theory
Family Systems Theory
Rules Theory
Summary
Key Terms
Questions for Application
4. ForminlS'