The Routledge handbook of family communication

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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