Fully revised and updated throughout, this fourth edition of Lena Dominelli's influential book
retains its reputation as the go-to text on anti-racist social work practice. As racism continues …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

What communicative experiences are particular to African Americans? How do many African
Americans define themselves culturally? How do they perceive intracultural and intercultural …

The family is the crucible of society. In large part, this vital social entity is defined by the way
its members interact. Over the past 30 years, enormous strides have been made in our …

This article reports the results on marriages of a randomized clinical trial for couples
experiencing the transition to parenthood. In addition to a control group, there was 1 …

This study examined the link between rejection sensitivity, self-silencing behaviors, and
depressive symptomatology among adolescent dating couples. Self-silencing was …

This article reports the results of two studies designed to explore the role of family
communication climate (FCC) on parent-child communication choices. The first study …

Young adults in Japan (n= 173) and the United States (n= 131) completed surveys including
revised family communication patterns instrument, conflict styles scale modified for the family …

Despite modest growth in interpretive research, the study of family communication remains
predominantly situated within postpositivism to the relative neglect of critical approaches …

Building off essays by Gudykunst and Lee (2001) and Turner and West (2003), the purpose
of this essay is to emphasize the need to be more inclusive in family communication …