Parents Children and Communication

<p>This is the first edited volume in the communication field to examine parent-child interaction. It creates a framework for future research in this growing area -- family communication, and more specifically, parent-child communication -- and also suggests new areas of communication research among parents and children -- cultural, work-related, taboo topics, family sex discussions, conflict, and abuse. Chapter authors provide thorough coverage of theoretical approaches, new methods, and emerging contexts including lesbian/gay parent-child relationships. In so doing, they bring a communication perspective to enduring problems of discipline, adolescent conflict, and physical child abuse. <br><br> The text highlights various methodological approaches -- both quantitative and qualitative -- including conversation analysis, grounded theory, participant-observation, and phenomenological interviewing of children. It also introduces and surveys various theoretical approaches -- general systems, developmental, cultural, and intergenerational transmission.</p> <p><b>Contents: A.P. Bochner,</b> Foreword. <b>T.J. Socha, G.H. Stamp,</b> Introduction. <b>Part I:</b><i>Foundations and Beginnings.</i><b>L. Stafford, M. Dainton,</b> Parent-Child Communication Within the Family System. <b>J. Yingling,</b> The First Relationship: Infant-Parent Communication. <b>M.D. Dixson,</b> Models and Perspectives of Parent-Child Communication. <b>N.L. Buerkel-Rothfuss, D.S. Fink, R.A. Buerkel,</b> Communication in the Father-Child Dyad: The Intergenerational Transmission Process. <b>Part II:</b><i>Methodological Frontiers.</i><b>R.A. Davilla,</b> An Intersubjective Methodology for Studying Children and Families. <b>S.R. Hatfield, L.J. Abrams,</b> Interaction Between Fathers and Their Children in Traditional and Single-Father Families. <b>D. Randall,</b> "Doing" Mother-Daughter: Conversation Analysis and Relational Contexts. <b>Part III:</b><i>Cultural Frontiers.</i><b>T.J. Socha, J. Sanchez-Hucles, J. Bromley, B. Kelly,</b> Invisible Parents and Children: Exploring African-American Parent-Child Communication. <b>R. West, L.H. Turner,</b> Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families: Building a Descriptive Base. <b>Part IV:</b><i>Enduring Topics.</i><b>C. Warren,</b> Parent-Child Communication About Sex. <b>J. Jorgenson,</b> Marking the Work-Family Boundary: Mother-Child Interaction and Home-Based Work. <b>L.K. Guerrero, W.A. Afifi,</b> What Parents Don't Know: Topic Avoidance in Parent-Child Relationships. <b>Part V:</b><i>Persistent Problems.</i><b>D.T. Prusank,</b> Studying Parent-Child Discipline from a Communication Perspective. <b>P. Noller, J.A. Feeney, C.C. Peterson, G. Sheehan,</b> Learning Conflict Patterns in the Family: Links Between Marital, Parental, and Sibling Relationships. <b>S.R. Wilson, E.E. Whipple,</b> Communication, Discipline, and Physical Abuse.</p>