Introduction
PART I: FAMILY COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND METHODS
Chapter 1 - Ten Years of Family Communication Research: Theories, Research, Perspectives, and Trends
Carolyn K. Shue and Glen H. Stamp
Chapter 2 - Perspectives on Studying Family Communication: Methodologies, Methods, and Trends
Elizabeth E. Graham and Scott A. Myers
PART II: COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE FAMILY LIFE COURSE
Chapter 3- Mate Selection and Courtship
Brian Ogolsky and Kale Monk
Chapter 4 - Marital Communication: A Functionalist Perspective
Brian R. W. Baucom and Donald H. Baucom
Chapter 5 - Becoming Parents: Risk, Protective Factors, and Key Methodological Considerations for Future Research
Erin Kramer Holmes, Adam M. Galovan, Clare R. Thomas, and Tiffany L. Clyde
Chapter 6 - Between Younger and Older Generations: Family Communication at Midlife
Kyungmin Kim, Karen L. Fingerman, and Jon Nussbaum
Chapter 7 - Family Communication in Later-Life
Jessica Gasiorek, Christine E. Rittenour, Mei-Chen Lin, and Jake Harwood
PART III: COMMUNICATION IN VARIOUS FAMILY FORMS
Chapter 8 - Communication in Intact Families
Ascan F. Koerner and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Chapter 9 - Divorced and Single Parent Families
Tamara D. Afifi and Allison P. Mazur
Chapter 10 - Stepfamilies as Developed and Enacted in Communication
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paul Schrodt, and Bailey M. Oliver-Blackburn
Chapter 11 - Communication in Adoptive Families
Colleen Warner Colaner and Haley Kranstuber Horstman
Chapter 12 - Sexual and Gender Diversity in Family Relationships
Lisa M. Diamond and Adrian J. Dehlin
Chapter 13 - Support Communication in Culturally Diverse Families: The Role of Stigma Revisited
Stanley O. Gaines and Kristin D. Mickelson
PART IV: THE RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS
Chapter 14 - Mothers, Fathers, and Coparenting Others
James P. McHale and Shawn C.T. Jones
Chapter 15 - Infant Communication
Heather Bortfeld and Allison Gabouer
Chapter 16 - Family Interaction during Middle Childhood
Laura Stafford
Chapter 17 - Family Relationships during Adolescence
Susan Branje, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, and Brett Laursen
Chapter 18 - Communication during Emerging Adulthood
Brian J. Willoughby, Rachel Augustus, and Jeffrey J. Arnett
Chapter 19 - Social Networks and Extended Families
Susan Sprecher, Luke T. Russell, Chang Su-Russell, and Maria Schmeeckle
PART V: FAMILY COMMUNICATION PROCESSES
Chapter 20 - Difficult Family Subjects: Disclosing, Avoiding, Assuming, and Hinting
John P. Caughlin and Daena J. Goldsmith
Chapter 21 - Conflict and Relational Quality in Families
Alan L. Sillars, Rudy C. Pett, Daniel J. Canary, and Anita L. Vangelisti,
Chapter 22 - Persuasion and Families
Steven R. Wilson, Lisa M. Guntzviller, Patricia E. Gettings, and Jonathan T. Baker
Chapter 23 - Social Support in Families
Graham D. Bodie and Kellie St.Cyr Brisini
Chapter 24 - Family Stories and Storytelling: Windows into the Family Soul
Jody Koenig Kellas and April R. Trees
PART VI: COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES
Chapter 25 - Work and Family Interaction
Patrice M. Buzzanell
Chapter 26 - The Media as an Ecosystem for Family Communication
Kristin L. Drogos and Barbara J. Wilson
Chapter 27 - Families Communicating through Technology
Jeffrey A. Hall and Alesia Woszidlo
Chapter 28 - Military Families and Deployment Separations
Leanne K. Knobloch
Chapter 29 - The Reciprocal Influence of Substance Use Disorders and Family Members'' Communication
Ashley Duggan, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, and Beth Le Poire Molineux
Chapter 30 - Charting Dangerous Territory: The Family as a Context of Violence and Aggression
Carmen M. Lee, Rene M. Dailey, and Brian H. Spitzberg
Chapter 31 - Physiology and Physical Health
Kory Floyd, Colin Hesse, and Perry M. Pauley
Chapter 32 - Mental Health
Chris Segrin
PART VII: EPILOGUE AND COMMENTARY
Chapter 33 - Family Communication: Past and Future
Michael E. Roloff
