FSoS 8550/Communication Studies 8402

Fall, 2010

Reading Summaries

WEEK
1	Baumrind D. (1991). Effects of authoritative parental control on child behavior. Child Development, 37(4), 887-907 Steinberg, L. (2001). We know these things: Parentadolescent relationships in retrospect and prospect. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 1 – 19. Van Egeren, L., & Barratt, M. S. (2004). The developmental origins of communication: Interactional systems in infancy. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp.287-310). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations.
2	Caughlin, J. P. (2002). The demand/withdraw pattern of communication as a predictor of marital satisfaction over time: Unresolved issues and future directions. Human Communication Research, 28, 49-86. Fincham, F. D. (2004). Communication in marriage. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp.83-104). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations. Floyd, K. (1996). Communicating closeness among siblings: An application of the gendered closeness perspective. Communication Research Reports, 13(1), 27-34. Floyd, K. (1996). Communicating closeness among siblings: An application of the gendered closeness perspective. Communication Research Reports, 13(1), 27-34. Soliz, J. & Harwood, J. (2006) Shared family identity, age salience and intergroup contact: Investigation of the grandparent-grandchild relationship. Communication Monographs, 73, 87-107.
3	Biblarz, T. J. & Stacey, J. (2010).  How does the gender of parents matter?  Journal of Marriage and Family.  72, 3-22. Biblarz, T. J. & Stacey, J. (2010).  How does the gender of parents matter?  Journal of Marriage and Family.  72, 3-22. Cools, C. G. (2006). Relational communication in intercultural couples. Language and Intercultural Communication, 6, 62-274. Cools, C. G. (2006). Relational communication in intercultural couples. Language and Intercultural Communication, 6, 62-274. Markman, H. J., Rhoades, G. K., Stanley, S. M., Ragan, E. P., & Whitton, S. W. (2010).  The premarital communication roots of marital distress and divorce: The first five years of marriage. Wroble, G.M., Kohler, J. K., Grotevant, H. G., and McRoy, R. G. (2004).The Family Adoption Communication (FAC) Model, Adoption Quarterly, 7: 2, 53-84.
4	Rueter, M. A. & Conger, R. D. (1995). Antecedents of parent-adolescent disagreements. Journal of Marriage and Family, 57, 1-14. Sillars, A., Canary, D. J., Tafoya, M. (2004). Communication, conflict, and the quality of family relationships. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp. 413-494). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations. ' Tucker C. J., McHale, S. M. & Crouter, A. C. (2003). Conflict resolution: Links with adolescents’ family relationships and individual well-being. Journal of Family Issues, 24(6), 715-736.  Tucker C. J., McHale, S. M. & Crouter, A. C. (2003). Conflict resolution: Links with adolescents’ family relationships and individual well-being. Journal of Family Issues, 24(6), 715-736.
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Bandura, A. (1978). Social learning theory of aggression. Journal of Communication, 28, 12–29.

Braithwaite, D. O., & Baxter, L. A. (2006). You’re my parent but you’re not: Dialectical tensions in stepchildren’s perceptions about communication with the nonresidential parent, Journal of Applied Communication, 34, 30-48.

Baxter, L. A. (2006). Relationsl dialectics theory: Multivocal dialogues of family communication. In D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.) Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives (pp. 130-145). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Belsky, J., Steinberg, L., & Draper, P. (1991). Childhood experience, interpersonal development, and reproductive strategy: an evolutionary theory of socialization. Child Development, 62, 647-670.

Biblarz, T. J. & Stacey, J. (2010).  How does the gender of parents matter?  Journal of Marriage and Family.  72, 3-22.

Dainton, M., & Zelley, E. D. (2006). Social exchange theories: Interdependence and equity. In D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.) Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives (pp. 243-259). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Duggan, A. P., & Le Poire, B. A. (2006). One down, two involved: An application and extension of inconsistent nurturing as control theory to couples including one depressed individual." Communication Monographs, 73, 379-405.

Gunther, M. L., Beach, S. R. H., Yanasak, N. E., & Miller, S. (2009). Deciphering spousal intentions: An fMRI study of couple communication. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26, 388–410.

Harris, J. R. (1995). Where is the child's environment? A group socialization theory of development. Psychological Review, 102, 458-489.

Heyman, R. E. (2001). Observation of Couple Conflicts: Clinical Assessment Applications, Stubborn Truths, and Shaky Foundations, Psychological Assessment, 13, 5-35.

Kerig, P.K. (2001). Introduction and overview: Conceptual issues in family observational research. In Kerig, P. K.& Lindahl K. M. (Eds.), Family observational coding systems: Resources for systemic research (pp. 1-22). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2002). Toward a theory of family communication. Communication Theory, 12, 70-91.

Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M.A. (2004). Communication in intact families. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp.177-195). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations.

Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2006). Family conflict communication. In J. Oetzel & S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.) Handbook of conflict communication (pp. 159-183). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Koerner, A. F., & Floyd, K. (2009). Evolutionary perspectives on interpersonal relationships. In S. W. Smith & S. R. Wilson (Eds.), New directions in interpersonal communication research (pp. 27-47). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lindahl, K. M. (2001). Methodological issues in family observational research. In Kerig, P. K.& Lindahl K. M. (Eds.), Family observational coding systems: Resources for systemic research (pp. 23-32). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lorenz, F. O., Melby, J. N, Conger, R. D. & Xu, X. (2007). The effects of context on the correspondence between observational ratings and questionnaire reports of hostile behavior: A multitrait, multimethod approach. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 498–509.

Masunov, V. L. (2006). Attribution theories: Assessing causal and responsibility judgments in families. In D. O. Braithwaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.) Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives (pp. 181-196). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Melby, J. N., Conger, R. D., Ge, X. , & Warner, T. (1995). The use of structural equation modeling in assessing the quality of marital observations. Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 280-293.

Melby, J. N., Ge, X. , Conger, R. D., & Warner, T. (1995). The importance of task in evaluating positive marital interactions. Journal of Marriage and the Family 57, 981-994

Rosnati, R., Iafrate, R., & Scabini, E. (2007). Parent–adolescent communication in foster, inter-country adoptive, and biological Italian families: Gender and generational differences. International Journal of Psychology, 42, 36-45.

Rueter, M. A., & Koerner, A. F. (2008). The effect of family communication pattern on adopted adolescent adjustment. Journal of Marriage and Family 70, 715-727.

Rueter, M. A. & Conger, R. D. (1995). Antecedents of parent-adolescent disagreements. Journal of Marriage and Family, 57, 1-14.

Sanford, K. (2010). Assessing conflict communication in couples: Comparing the validity of self-report, partner-report, and observer ratings. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 165–174.

Sillars, A., Canary, D. J., Tafoya, M. (2004). Communication, conflict, and the quality of family relationships. In A. Vangelisti (Eds.) Handbook of family communication, (pp. 413-494). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations.

Simons, R. L., Lin, K. H., &  Gordon, L. C., (1998). Socialization in the family of origin and male dating violence: A prospective study. The entity from which ERIC acquires the content, including journal, organization, and conference names, or by means of online submission from the author.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, 467-78

Walker, K. L., & Dickson, F. C. (2004). An exploration of illness-related narratives in marriage: The identification of illness-identity scripts. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 21, 527–544