Arguing that modes of family functioning always include communication as a central enabling process, this text explores the theoretically-based research on family communication across the social sciences. KEY TOPICS: It presents important theoretical and research approaches to family communication - systems, social exchange, behaviorism, and symbolic interactionism. For counselors, social workers, and sociologists.

Communication in Family Relationships

Politics & Social Sciences

Noller, Patricia

Fitzpatrick, Mary Ann

Social Sciences

Pearson

The Adolescent in the Family (Adolescence and Society)

Adolescence can be a difficult time for all concerned. Issues such as youth employment, sexual behaviour and drug abuse have made it a matter of great concern to the community at large, whether as parents, politicians or those working with adolescents in education and welfare. Patricia Noller and Victor Callan explore the complex needs of adolescents, emphasizing the importance of the family environment in helping adolescents to cope with the many difficulties and changes they face during this period of their lives. The central theme of this book is that adolescents, through conflict and negotiation, establish new but different relationships with their parents, relationships that can endure for a lifetime. The authors provide wide coverage of the key issues of adolescence - such as identity, separation from the family, and conflict - and look closely at the difficulties produced by events such as divorce and remarriage of parents, and social problems such as long-term unemployment.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Callan, Victor

Psychology & Counseling

Routledge

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Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan (International Series in Social Psychology)

Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the role of personal relationships in people's lives. Highlighting areas of special significance and research interest at each major life-stage, Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney and Candida Peterson, examine how close relationships develop over time and influence individual adjustment. They explore a wide range of relationships, including some that are often neglected, such as those with siblings, adult children and elderly parents. They also look at alternative family forms, such as single-parent families and step-families, and address important themes such as intimacy, conflict and power. With insightful discussion of the theory and methods typically used by researchers working in this area, Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan is an ideal resource for students and researchers of both relationships and lifespan development. It will also be of interest to practitioners, such as social workers and family therapists, working with clients with relational concerns and anyone wanting to learn more about the nature of relationships.

Personal relationships across the lifespan (International Series in Social Psychology)

Mental Health

This book provides an understanding of the kinds of family environments that produce productive, well-adjusted young people who can make a worthwhile contribution to the society in which they live.  Based on extensive research conducted over the last twenty years, the authors investigate what makes the difference between young people who develop into effective young adults and those who get involved in problem behaviours such as binge-drinking, drug-taking, premature sexual activity and delinquent or criminal activities. Topics covered include the development of individual identity, the importance of communication in the family, and how this affects the ways in which adolescents learn about dealing with conflict, solving problems and making decisions. The book also looks at the problems faced by adolescents who live in stepfamilies, or those whose parents divorce, before exploring issues such as running away and youth homelessness. The ultimate focus of the book is on the importance of a warm and accepting family environment, which also requires responsible behaviour from young people.   This book will appeal to parents and all those who work with adolescents, including teachers, social workers, youth leaders, and psychologists.

Family Life in Adolescence (Adolescence and Society)

ATKIN, Sharon

Becoming Parents: Exploring the Bonds between Mothers, Fathers, and their Infants

What happens to couples when they become parents? Becoming Parents presents a landmark study of the transition to parenthood and its effects on individual well-being and couple relationships. Researchers in the study tracked 100 couples who were first-time parents and a comparison sample of couples who were not. The couples gave interviews, recorded domestic tasks and completed questionaires--at the second trimester of pregnancy, as well as 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after the baby was born. The research, based on adult attachment theory, gives us a comprehensive and contemporary picture of what it is like to be a parent today. Encompassing the perspectives of both women and men, Becoming Parents addresses such issues as the changing nature of couples' relationships, the division of domestic labor, changes in new parents' attachment networks and postnatal depression. Judith A. Feeney is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Queensland. Lydia Hohaus is Lecturer in Lifespan Development at Griffith University. Richard P. Alexander is a Ph.D. research candidate at the University of Queensland. All of them live in Brisbane, Australia.

Feeney, Judith A.

Hohaus, Lydia

Alexander, Richard P.

Cambridge University Press

`It is an excellent volume for attachment researchers at all levels. Researchers and students will find this volume a helpful and generative introduction to adult attachment. The authors set out to increase interest in adult attachment and encourage research in the field. I believe that this coherent, thought-provoking summary of adult attachment research easily accomplishes their goal′ - Contemporary Psychology Attachment theory is one of the most popular perspectives currently influencing research in close relationships - and is important in many other fields since the quality of intimate relationships is a key determinant of subjective well-being. This intriguing volume draws together diverse strands of at

Adult Attachment (SAGE Series on Close Relationships)

Self-Help

Relationships

Sage Publications, Inc.

Parenting & Relationships

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