Family violence : communication processes /

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Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.
Description:xiii, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in communication studies
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7590854
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Other authors / contributors:Cahn, Dudley D.
ISBN:9780791493755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
079149375X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of 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 and Low in Trait Verbal Aggression: A Qualitative Analysis of Mother-Child Playtime Interactions
  • 9. Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Abused Parents' Perceptions of the Meaning and Goals of Adolescents' Verbal, Physical, and Emotional Abuse
  • 10. Forgiving the Unforgivable? Processes of Forgiveness and Reconciliation after Episodes of Family Violence
  • List of Contributors
  • Index