Interaction Between Parents and Children

Family communication is a topic of central interest in a large number of fields across the social and behavioural sciences - for instance in the domains of language acquisition cognitive development and socialization. This concise readable book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary integration of current research on parent-child interaction in the `traditional'' family structure.Examining the important variables of self-control self-concept and communication competencies in childhood this volume functions as a research heuristic and a vehicle for conversation between theorists researchers and practitioners.