The SAGE Handbook of Family Communication

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches - Kathleen Galvin
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
1.The Challenge of Defining "Family" - Lynn Turner, Rich West
2. Constructing a Cultural Identity through Family Communication - Tina M. Harris, Alberto Gonzalez
3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication - Sandra Metts, Bryan Asbury
4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices - Jeffrey T. Child
PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS
5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning through a Communicative Lens - Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman
6. Family Conflict and Communication - Jeanne Flora, Chris Segrin
7. Intimacy and Family Communication - John H. Nicholson
8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship - Teresa Sabourin, Jessica J. Rack
9. Social Support Processes in the Family - April R. Trees
10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of Communication Research - Katheryn C. Maguire
11. Examining Family Secrets from a Communication Perspective - Tamara Afifi, Anne Merrill, Sharde Davis
12. Family and Partner Communication about Sex - Clay Warren, Laura Kolind Warren
PART III: FAMILY FORMS
13. Intergenerational Family Relationships - Craig Fowler, Carla L. Fisher
14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships - Scott A. Myers, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey
15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families - Elizabeth A. Suter
16. Communication in Post-Divorce and Stepfamily Relationships - Paul Schrodt
17. Aging Families and Family Communication - Fran C. Dickson, Patrick Hughes
PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES
18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression - Helen M. Sterk, Heidi Sisler
19. Education and Family Communication - Angela M. Hosek
20. Families Communicating about Health - Loretta Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, Teresa Thompson
21. Work and Family Communication - Patrice M. Buzzanell
22. It's All in the Family: An Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication within Television Sitcoms - Jeffrey L. Tyus
PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication - Lynne M. Webb, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Kristen Norwood
24. Communicating in Military Families across the Deployment Cycle - Leanne K. Knobloch, Steven R. Wilson
25. Positive Family Communication: Towards a New Normal - Thomas J. Socha, Iva T. Stoyneva
26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families - Jordan Soliz, Colleen Warner Colaner
Epilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning - Arthur P. Bochner
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors

A comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Leading scholars expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies,social media, and extended families.