This review article examines what is known about estrangement between parents and adult
children in terms of definition, prevalence, causes, and consequences. Estrangement has …

Diverse fields, including CSCW, Communication, and Human Development studies, have
investigated how technologies can better support parent-child relationships. While these …

Ambivalence is a phenomenon that transcends disciplinary divides and is associated with a
myriad of mixed outcomes. Yet, identifying and representing the complexities of ambivalent …

In this essay, we set forth the theory of communicative (dis) enfranchisement (TCD). The
TCD is useful for exploring the ramifications of the hegemonic ideologies which constrain …

A constructivist grounded theory of family distancing emerged from the narrative accounts of
52 adult children in the process of estrangement from their parents. The grounded theory …

We utilize RDT 2.0 to analyze 424 narrative accounts by voluntarily childless (“childfree”)
Reddit users of bingo-response interactions to explore how discourse constrains and …

postpositivist and interpretive lenses. At its most basic level, the JFC special issue “Critical
Approaches to Family Communication Research: Representation, Critique, and Praxis” aims …

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

This qualitative study examined the experiences of 25 adult children who initiated or
maintained estrangement from one or both parents. Participants often stated that they …

Debates whether communication studies should be housed with the humanities or social
sciences have raged on for decades. In response to attacks on the humanities, we argue …