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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to the text | |
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| Communication and the Family | |
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| Family Types | |
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| Overview of Family Types, and Structures | |
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| Family Communication and Interpersonal Communication Competence in Intact Families | |
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| Families Use of Communicative Coping in Post-Divorce Families | |
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| Developing and Maintaining Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships | |
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| Conclusions and Application- How Can Understanding Family Type Impact You? | |
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| The Family as a System | |
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| Overview of the Family as a System | |
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| Going Away to College: A Family Turning Point | |
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| What does it Mean to be a Good Father? | |
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| Dialectic Characteristics and Shadow Realities in Postmarital Relationships | |
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| Conclusions and Application - Thinking about the Systemic Nature of Your Own Family | |
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| Family Rules, Rituals, and Stories | |
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| Overview of Family communication processes | |
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| Family Home Media Rules and Interactions | |
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| Collective Remembering and Ritualized Communication About the Deceased Parent in Post-Bereaved Stepfamilies | |
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| Storytelling as a Means to Communicate within the Family The Orphan Stories | |
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| Conclusions and Application - Reflecting on Your Family Rules, Rituals, and Stories Lorin Basden Arnold | |
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| Expressions of Intimacy, Support, and Affection in the family | |
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| Overview of Family and Intimacy and Affection | |
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| Negotiating Intimate Family Ties in Ordinary Family Interaction Shirley Staske-Bell | |
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| Sex and Gender in Relational Maintenance Marianne Dainton | |
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| Family Communication Patterns and the Socialization of Support Skills | |
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| Conclusions and Application - Intimacy, Affection, and Social Support in Your Life Lorin | |
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| Expressions of Power and Conflict in the family | |
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| Overview of Family Power, Decision Making, and Conflict | |
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| An Exploratory Investigation into Family Conflict Roles | |
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| "What do YOU do when your teenager hits you?" | |
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| Exploring Conflict Tactics Used by Parents in Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse | |
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| Enacting Conflict as Resistance Urban Indian Women in Hindu Arranged Marriages | |
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| Conclusions and Application - Power and Conflict in Your Family Experience Lorin Basden Arnold | |
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| Race/Ethnicity and Family | |
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| Overview of Race and Ethnicity Research | |
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| "What Shall I Tell My Daughters That Are Black" | |
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| Oral History Reflections of Middle Class African American Motherhood in a Culturally Diverse Community | |
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| The Mother-Adolescent Daughter Tug-of-War | |
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| Ethnicity's Impact on the Connection-Autonomy Dialectic | |
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| Parenting in the Interracial Family: More Alike Than Different | |
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| Conclusions and Application - Issues of Race and Ethnicity in Your Family Experience Lorin Basden Arnold | |
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| Sexuality and the family | |
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| Overview of Sexuality and the Family | |
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| Communicating about Sex as a Daughter, Parent, and Teacher | |
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