Family Violence : Communication Processes.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- SUNY Series in Communication Studies .
- SUNY Series in Communication Studies .
Intro -- FAMILY VIOLENCE -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Evolving Communication Perspective on Family Violence -- PART 1. Couples' Violence -- 2. Relational Control-Motivated Aggression: A Theoretical Framework for Identifying Various Types of Violent Couples -- 3. Making Sense of Abuse: Account Analyses of Male Batterers -- 4. Measuring Change in Attitudes Targeted by Batterer Intervention Programs -- 5. Exploring the Communication of Men Revealing Abuse from Female Romantic Partners -- 6. Seeing Family Violence Differently: Shifting Perspectives from Social Scientific to Rhetorical -- PART 2. Parent-Child Violence -- 7. A Communication Perspective on Physical Child Abuse -- 8. Distinguishing Communication Behaviors of Mothers High andLow in Trait Verbal Aggression: A Qualitative Analysis of Mother-Child Playtime Interactions -- 9. Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Abused Parents' Perceptions of theMeaning and Goals of Adolescents'Verbal, Physical, and Emotional Abuse -- 10. Forgiving the Unforgivable? Processes of Forgiveness and Reconciliation after Episodes of Family Violence -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- h -- I -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Contributors engage the communication issues associated with violence in families, including interspousal violence and violent parents and children.