Method The journals analyzed in this review were the same eight communication journals
used in the first handbook chapter (CM, CQ, CS, HCR, JACR, JC, SCJ, and WJC). These …

Emphasizing the role that communication plays in both creating and solving family issues,
Perspectives on Family Communication thoroughly reflects the explosion of research …

Family communication scholars have responded to the increasing diversity of family forms
and family experiences in our society by refining and extending operational definitions of the …

This essay surveys articles from the Journal of Family Communication to make the argument
that our journal needs to feature more scholarship on families that heretofore have been …

Despite decades of research and multiple calls to diversify family communication
scholarship, scant attention has been devoted to exploring communication in Black families …

From the disciplinary perspective of communication studies, we review theory and research
in family communication, including a brief history of the family communication field; the …

This study examined intercultural family communication in the context of acculturation.
Individuals adapting to a new culture must identify, evaluate, navigate, and negotiate cross …

This chapter provides an overview of a communication approach to families and highlights
how this approach enriches overall understanding of micro-level family processes. We draw …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects
of the darker side of family life, ranging from, for example, severe acts of violence to more …