Research Catalog

Title

Family communication : nurturing and control in a changing world / Beth A. Le Poire.

Author

Le Poire, Beth A.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2006.

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Details

Description

xx, 345 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

What's the most common family form today? In what ways can we define "family" that ensure it is inclusive of all family forms? Despite the current diverse nature of family forms, which functions are fulfilled by the family regardless of its makeup> In what ways do family members function to nurture and control each other through their changing roles and rules to maintain their family identity? Family Communication examines the role communication plays in family development and maintenance--from a consideration of what constitutes a "family" (according to various governmental, religious, and social science orientations), to the initiation of dating relationships and romantic commitment, to adding and raising socio-emotionally competent children. Also explored are the roles that communication plays in maintaining intimacy and closeness in the family and in managing family conflicts and tensions. In addition, unique emphasis is given to how cognitions and emotions influence communication outcomes in the family. Despite the diversity of family forms today, families all share one thing in common--they all include some form of nurturing and control: support and development and behavior control and limitations; nurturing communication to encourage intimacy development and maintenance and controlling communication to resolve conflict and change undesirable behavior. By organizing the study of family communication around the concepts of nurturing and control, author Beth Le Poire emphasizes the central role that communication plays in both families if origin and newly formed families.

Subjects

• communication > famille
• Families
• Communication in families

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-315) and index.

Contents

Families, communication, and family communication -- Family forms in our changing society -- Theoretical approaches to understanding communication in the family -- Forming the new family pairing : two become one -- Communication in the newly formed family : adding children -- Nurturing and controlling communication : raising socioemotionally and intellectually competent children -- Nurturing communication in marital relationships : encouraging closeness, stability, and satisfaction through communication -- Control in marital relationships and the family : conflict, constructive and destructive conflict, and violence -- Nurturing and controlling communication surrounding undesirable behavior in the family -- Family communication : providing nurturing and control in a changing world.

ISBN

• 1412904064
• 9781412904063

LCCN

2005014504

OCLC

• ocm60516888
• 60516888
• SCSB-14694777

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library