Parents and Children Communicating with Society

Managing Relationships Outside of the Home
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-96487-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Routledge Communication Series

The volume opens a new frontier in parent-child communication research as it brings together veteran researchers and newcomers to explore the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family. The chapters herein examine communication processes and problems of parents and children as they interact with childcare, healthcare, education, and youth sports; investigate the unique challenges facing various types of families as they communicate outside the family (e.g., stepfamilies and gay/lesbian/bisexual families); and consider the role of media in family relationships outside of home.

The primary audiences for the volume includes scholars, researchers and graduate students studying communication in families, children’s communication, communication in personal relationships, organizational communication, group communication, and health communication. It will also be of interest to psychologists who study families, children, and organizations; sociologists who study families, children, and organizations; education researchers; teachers; coaches; family physicians; and family therapists. graduate students It has the potential for use in courses in family communication, family studies, family sociology, and child development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Socha, Thomas J

Stamp, Glen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Familienpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Childcare & Education

Section 2: Health & Wellness

Section 3: Parent-Child-Society Relationships and Media

Section 4: Evolving Caregiving Roles and Relationships

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas J. Socha is ODU University Professor and Associate Professor of Communication at Old Dominion University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Family Communication, and received the NCA’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Distinguished Service in Family Communication. His publications include books, chapters and articles about various facets of family communication.

Glen H. Stamp is a Professor, Department Chair, and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Ball State University. He has previously published one book (with Thomas J. Socha) on parent-child communication as well as authoring numerous articles and chapters in interpersonal communication and family communication.