Kory W. Floyd & Mark T. Morman 
Widening the Family Circle [EPUB ebook] 
New Research on Family Communication

Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication, Second Edition continues to address historically under-studied family relationships, such as those involving grandparents, in-laws, cousins, stepfamilies, and adoptive parents. In this engaging text, editors Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman bring together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretic essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication to constitute a stronger, more complete understanding of communication within the family.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction – Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman

1. Looking Back and Moving Forward: Toward an Understanding of Mother-Daughter and Mother-Son Relationships – Michelle Miller-Day, Carla L. Fisher, and Jonathan Stube

2. Adult Sibling Relationships – Alan C. Mikkelson

3. Communication in Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships – Jordan Eli Soliz and Mei-Chen Lin

4. The ‘Other’ Women in Family Life: Recognizing the Significance of Aunt/Niece/Nephew Communication – Patricia J. Sotirin and Laura L. Ellingson

5. Family Communication among Uncles and Nephews – Robert M. Milardo

6. Relationships with Parents-in-Law – Mary Claire Morr Serewicz

7. Sibling-in-Law Relationships – Christina G. Yoshimura

8. Fathering, Caregiving, and Masculinity: Stay-at-Home Fathers and Family Communication – Caryn E. Medved

9. Lesbian and Gay Families – Elizabeth A. Suter and Daniel S. Strasser

10. Widening the Understanding of Post-Divorce Families – Tamara D. Afifi, Anne Merrill, and Sharde Davis

11. No Longer Understudied, but Still Misunderstood: Expanding Communication Research on Stepfamily Relationships – Paul Schrodt and Dawn O. Braithwaite

12. Created Through Law and Language: Communicative Complexities of Adoptive Families – Kathleen M. Galvin and Colleen Colaner

Circa l’autore

Mark T. Morman is a professor of communication in the Department of Communication at Baylor University. For more than 33 years he has taught interpersonal and family communication at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to publications in professional journals he is the co-editor (along with Dr. Kory Floyd) of Widening the Family Circle: New Research in Family Communication (2nd ed.). His scholarly and curricular interests include the communication of affection, father-son relationships, and men’s health. He served as chair of both the family and interpersonal communication divisions of the National Communication Association and has served on multiple editorial boards including Communication Monographs and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. He holds a master’s and doctorate in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas and a bachelor’s degrees in communication from Southern Utah University.