Download or read book Manifestations of Responsiveness and Control in Husbands and Wives Marital and Parental Communication written by Roi Estlein and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has long been interested in understanding marital and parent-child dynamics and the role communication plays in shaping a variety of outcomes for spouses, parents, and children separately. Family systems theory (Bowen, 1978; Minuchin, 1974) highlights the interdependent relationships that exist among family members and subsystems within the family. This study applied assumptions from family systems theory and the theoretical foundations underlie Fitzpatrick's (1988) marital typology and Baumrind's (1967, 1971, 1991a) parenting styles typology to explore similarities and differences within and across marital and parental subsystems and to examine how they contribute to marital quality. The first goal of this dissertation is to examine the extent to which individuals enact similar communication behaviors in their roles as spouses and parents. The second goal is to explore how co-parenting relationship in the form of similarity of spouses' parental communication and their perceptions of relational power, explain marital outcomes. Specifically, this dissertation investigates the extent to which husbands and wives perceive and demonstrate similar communication behaviors of responsiveness and control in their parental interactions and the impact that such inter-parental similarity may have on marital outcomes in terms of relational satisfaction and appraisals of a partner's parenting behavior. The third goal of this study is to examine how members' perceived marital and parental communication are consistent or inconsistent with the way independent coders observe that communication. The final goal of this dissertation is to examine how biases in perceived versus observed marital communication predict marital satisfaction. 51 heterosexual couples and their first biological, 3-6 year old child participated in this study. Spouses first completed close-ended survey questions about their marital relationship, their beliefs about marriage, and their attitudes about parenting. Next, each parent was asked to work individually with the child on two tasks that were challenging for their child. While one parent worked with the child, the other parent watched the parent-child interaction from a different room and evaluated his/her spouseś parenting strategies using a variety of closed-ended survey items. After the first spouse had completed the tasks with the child the spouses switched roles. Finally, the parents engaged in a conversation about their thoughts on the interactions with the child, followed by completing a questionnaire about their perceptions of the marital interaction. Independent coders rated marital and parent-child interactions for observed marital and parental responsiveness and control. Results indicated that responsiveness was correlated across marital and parental subsystems, but control was not. In terms of inter-parental similarity, observed parental responsiveness and both perceived and observed parental control were positively correlated across spouses. Multi-level modeling (HLM) revealed that similarity of observed responsiveness and observed control were each associated with more positive evaluations of a partner's parenting behavior. In addition, similarity across spouses in terms of observed parental responsiveness and perceived and observed parental control were positively associated with marital satisfaction. Marital communication was correlated across participants' reports and coders' ratings but not parental communication. Finally, marital satisfaction increased when perceived marital responsiveness was higher than observed marital responsiveness, and when perceived marital control was lower than observed marital control. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical, operational, and practical implications, and directions for future research are suggested.

Download or read book Between Husbands and Wives written by Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are valuable research results for people working with married couples. . . . Fitzpatrick's work offers benefits to those trying to understand more about marital communication. The fact that it has a clear theoretical sense, that it builds on a very large data set, that it is supported by a consistent research agenda, and that it welcomes new validation make it an important tool for further research.

Download or read book Marital Communication written by Douglas Kelley and published by Polity. This book was released on 2012 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marital Communication shines a light on healthy relationships for those who want to better understand key communication processes between long-term, committed, romantic partners. Written with students, teachers, researchers, practitioners, and couples in mind, this book uses marriage as a proving ground to understand the processes necessary to build and maintain positive romantic relationships. Documented with current courses focusing on family communication, interpersonal and relational communication, and conflict.

Download or read book Perspectives on Marital Interaction written by Patricia Noller and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1988 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the subject of marital interaction. It brings together the work of international scholars and is divided into four sections: communication as a means by which couples manage everyday life; communication as a means of expression of emotion; communication and problem-solving; coping with relationships outside marriage. The text is interdisciplinary and looks at the issue from various angles: social psychology, clinical psychology and communications. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of sex differences in interaction patterns and the experience of counselling plays an important part.

Download or read book Communication in Marriage written by Marcus Kusi and published by Our Peaceful Family. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Communicate with Your Spouse Without Fighting - EVEN If You Have a Difficult Spouse; Do you find it difficult communicating with your spouse? Are you tired of arguing and fighting with your spouse whenever you try to communicate? Have you ever wanted to cry in frustration after yet again another fruitless or useless argument with your spouse? Is your spouse not talking to you anymore? You are not alone. Many couples (including us) have had to deal with these communication problems at some point in marriage. And it’s not fun! The yelling, shouting, anger, frustration, rejection, resentment, interrupting, blaming, insults... It can definitely be overwhelming. It could even destroy your ability to not only communicate effectively with your spouse but also enjoy your marriage. The lack of communication in your marriage can even lead to a divorce. But don't worry. No matter what communication problems you struggle with, you can learn how to communicate effectively with your spouse today. Whether you feel you are not being heard, cannot hear your spouse, or want to communicate better with your spouse without fighting or yelling, this book will show you how. For the past 7 years, we have used these proven communication skills to go from arguing and fighting whenever we communicated to communicating effectively without fighting, calling each other names, and being disrespectful. As a result, we now have a better marriage. In this Communication in Marriage book, you will learn: 1. How to communicate effectively with your spouse without fighting. 2. Why trust is essential for effective communication in marriage. 3. Clearly understand why we all communicate differently. 4. How to improve communication in your marriage. 5. How to communicate through conflict, even with a difficult spouse. 6. Our tested, simple and proven step-by-step plan for effective communication in 7 days or less. 7. How to communicate through difficult emotions. 8. How to prevent communication problems with your spouse. 9. Why your past experiences affect the way you communicate with your spouse. This book will show you proven communication skills married couples need to communicate effectively with each other. We have tested and continue to use these effective communication skills in our marriage every single day. And they work! Whether you feel like you cannot communicate with your spouse, or improve communication in your marriage, you can become a better communicator in your marriage by reading this book today. You don't need another fight or argument! You can communicate better with your husband or wife. How would your marriage be different if you had no communication problems? Buy your copy of this communication in marriage book for couples today. ---------------------------- Keywords related to this book: Communication in marriage, communication in marriage book, how to communicate with your spouse, how to communicate with your wife, how to communicate with your husband, how to communicate with your spouse without fighting, communication book for couples, communication skills, communication problems, effective communication skills, communication skills for married couples, marriage books, newlyweds book, books for couples, marriage help books, relationship help books, relationship books, books for couples, books for married couples,

Download or read book Family Communication written by Beth A. Le Poire and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2005-11-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Communication: Nurturing and Control in a Changing World thoroughly reviews the traditional family communication theories of roles theory, family systems theory, and rules theory in an engaging, non-traditional way. This book uniquely organizes the study of family communication around the concepts of nurturing and control in all family relationships, across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes in families. Key Features: Looks at Family in All Forms: Traditional nuclear; non-traditional nuclear; bi-nuclear families; cohabitation, single-parent households; step-family and blended configurations; gay families; couples with no children; and extended families are all examined. While not all families fit neatly within any of the traditional definitions, this book articulates a sentiment that most students can resonate to—that all family forms include some form of nurturing and control. Explores Sociological and Psychological Factors: Various forces such as governmental, religious, media influences, and social science research, cause us to assume most families are traditional and nuclear, using biological, legal, and sociological definitions. In addition to the sociological and psychological bases of developmental processes, the development of parental attachment is fully discussed, showing how nurturing and controlling communication processes encourage socio-emotional competence in children. Explicates New Research Findings: A new family communication theory—Inconsistent Nurturing as Control Theory—explores the ways in which family members attempt to change the undesirable behaviors of a particular family member (e.g., substance abuser, eating disordered individual, gambler, depressed person, violent individual) through their use of nurturing as control. Intended Audience: Perfect for the introductory undergraduate course in Family Communication; as well as courses in Sociology, Social and Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Counseling, Family Education, and Home Economics

Download or read book Marital Interaction written by John Mordechai Gottman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marital Interaction: Experimental Investigations deals with experimental studies on marital interaction. Emphasis is on the importance of the role of description in the study of social interaction. Methods for the analysis of pattern and sequence, including cross-spectral time-series analysis, are also presented. Comprised of 15 chapters, this book begins with a historical review of several research traditions that have concerned themselves with families and marriages: the sociological tradition; the family therapy or systems tradition; the social learning tradition; and the developmental tradition. Research that points to the potential importance of the observation of consensual decision-making processes is also reviewed. A model of marital interaction called the Structural Model, which can be used to predict changes in marital satisfaction, is described. Subsequent chapters focus on the Couples Interaction Scoring System, an observational system for categorizing marital interaction; modern concepts of the assessment of reliability, particularly the stringent assessment that is necessary for sequential analysis; differences between well-functioning and poorly functioning marriages; couples' interactional styles in terms of communication skill deficits; and the concept of an individual's social competence. This monograph will be of interest to psychologists engaged in research on marriage, as well as sociologists and clinical researchers.

Download or read book The Effects of Adding Marital Training to Parent Training on Family Interaction written by Claire Low Rabin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship Between Interparental and Marital Communication Conflict and Power written by Jerold Scott Phelps and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marital Communication and Decision Making written by Edwin John Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Family Communication written by Kathleen M. Galvin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Communication: Cohesion and Change encourages students to think critically about family interaction patterns and to analyze them using a variety of communication theories. Using a framework of family functions, current research, and first-person narratives, this text emphasizes the diversity of today's families in structure, ethnic patterns, gender socialization, and developmental experiences. New for the tenth edition are expanded pedagogical features to improve learning and retention, as well as updates on current theory and research integrated throughout the chapters for timely analysis and discussion. Cases and research featured in each chapter provide examples of concepts and themes, and a companion website offers expanded resources for instructors and students. On the book's companion website, www.routledge.com/cw/galvin, intstructors will find a full suite of online resources to help build their courses and engage their students, as well as an author video introducing the new edition: Course Materials Syllabi & Suggested Calendars Course Projects & Paper Examples Essay Assignments Test/Quiz Questions and Answer Keys Case Studies in Family Communication Family Communication Film and Television Examples Family Communication in Literature Examples Chapter Outlines Detailed Outlines Discussion Questions Case Study Questions Sample Chapter Activities Chapter PowerPoint Slides

Download or read book Family Violence from a Communication Perspective written by Dudley D. Cahn and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-04-16 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although an anecdotal association between communication and family violence was noted early in the family violence literature, a communication approach to family violence has been underrepresented in the literature. This book is a welcome contribution to the literature because it demonstrates that the connection between communication and family violence is much more complex than a skills deficit of one or more members of a violent relationship." --Gail Whitchurch, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University Adding an innovative perspective to traditional psychological and sociological approaches, Family Violence from a Communication Perspective lays out a new theoretical framework for understanding and resolving abusive family interactions. This exceptional volume features contributions from a variety of disciplines that examine the interactional processes at the core of domestic abuse, aggression, and violence. The contributors explore the development of violence in the family, beginning with courtship violence, proceeding through marital violence, and perpetuated through parent-child violence. Providing keen insight, the chapters examine the commonalities and differences inherent in emotional, psychological, verbal, and sexual abuse and how they all stem from basic communication problems. An essential resource for students and scholars in communication, family studies, relationship studies, psychology, sociology, and women's studies, Family Violence from a Communication Perspective also offers a refreshing viewpoint for professionals in the human services.

Download or read book Treating Marital Stress written by Robert P Rugel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your marital therapy clients become more supportive of their partners! As a therapist, you see many unhappy couples who long for the loving support that used to be the touchstone of their relationship. Treating Marital Stress: Support-Based Approaches helps you restore that support, beginning with detailed descriptions of the five major patterns of marital distress and continuing with a comprehensive training manual that includes figures, case studies, and samples of possible dialogues between clients and therapists. Step-by-step discussion of the first five sessions with a hypothetical couple provide you with the tools you'll need to help your clients learn to work together as a team, manage their anger, and communicate effectively with each other. Treating Marital Stress shows you the best ways to: work with a reluctant spouse use empathic probing to make a connection with each client design homework assignments so spouses can work on individual improvements point out problematic behaviors within sessions through 'here and now' interventions reframe conflicts to reduce defensiveness help clients accept responsibility for themselves and avoid placing blame Other chapters discuss how you can assign behavioral tasks, get the couple to focus on their objectives, and predict and move beyond emotional obstacles to healing. This helpful volume also explores the outcome data from a study on support-focused marital theory conducted in a university setting. Author Robert Rugel, PhD writes: “A spouse who is on the receiving end of support will feel loved and valued by the partner. That spouse will also know that the partner can be counted on to be there when help is needed. As a result, security and trust develop in the relationship.” You can be there to help spouses look at each other differently and learn to trust and support each other once more.

Download or read book Primal Loss written by Leila Miller and published by Lcb Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy now-adult children of divorce give their candid and often heart-wrenching answers to eight questions (arranged in eight chapters, by question), including: What were the main effects of your parents' divorce on your life? What do you say to those who claim that "children are resilient" and "children are happy when their parents are happy"? What would you like to tell your parents then and now? What do you want adults in our culture to know about divorce? What role has your faith played in your healing? Their simple and poignant responses are difficult to read and yet not without hope. Most of the contributors--women and men, young and old, single and married--have never spoken of the pain and consequences of their parents' divorce until now. They have often never been asked, and they believe that no one really wants to know. Despite vastly different circumstances and details, the similarities in their testimonies are striking; as the reader will discover, the death of a child's family impacts the human heart in universal ways.

Download or read book Communication in Marriage written by Rina Mcnally and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Will I Learn? Communicate with clarity and confidence Use communication skills to improve marriage Improve awareness; think more clearly and communicate more concisely Know how to effectively communicate with partner You will be able to identify communication mistakes you and your partner are making which are leading to tension and arguments. You will learn some of the top communication strategies in order to listen, be heard and reduce conflict in your relationships. Communication builds up your relationship. Lack of it can keep partners apart, and over time, lose affection and feelings for one another, even as they live under the same roof. Communication is the nourishment of relationships. Not just marriage relationship, relating with your coworkers, friends, families, kids, and parents demand some amount of effective communication and at a certain quality. "Some things need to be discussed or you may not be able to achieve peace." Health-wise, effective communication reduces your stress level. In older couples, the cases of high blood pressure are reduced as couples will have less to worry about once issues are being discussed effectively. Once tension is resolved, anxieties will be eliminated and trust can be built. For this to become possible couples must be able to tell each other anything; they must be able to consciously rely on each other when they need someone to understand them. This book will be devoted to providing a very detailed look at how to acquire a life free from difficult communication in marriage as well as an introductory and advanced education on how to successfully recover from it. This Communication in Marriage book covers: Importance of Communication in marriage What makes marriages work? Pathways of Effective Communication within Marriage Rules for Effective Communication The Art of Positive Marriage Communication How to Utilizing the ABCs of Good Communication The Mirror Method Ways to Effectively Become Emotionally Open In Your Relationship Understand the True Meaning of Perfect Relationships The Art of Intent Listening Solving Intimacy Problems Who is the target audience? This book is for anyone who wants to improve communication to have a happier and healthier relationship with their significant other.

Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies 4 Volume Set written by Constance L. Shehan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 2285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection of the key concepts, trends, and processes relating to the study of families and family patterns throughout the world. Offers more than 550 entries arranged A-Z Includes contributions from hundreds of family scholars in various academic disciplines from around the world Covers issues ranging from changing birth rates, fertility, and an aging world population to human trafficking, homelessness, famine, and genocide Features entries that approach families, households, and kin networks from a macro-level and micro-level perspective Covers basic demographic concepts and long-term trends across various nations, the impact of globalization on families, global family problems, and many more Features in-depth examinations of families in numerous nations in several world regions 4 Volumes www.familystudiesencyclopedia.com

Download or read book Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts written by Les Parrott and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! With this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before. This is more than a book--it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you'll ever have. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, which has been translated into more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world. Why? Because it will help you . . . Uncover the misbeliefs of marriage Learn to communicate with instant understanding Discover the secret to resolving conflict Master the skills of money management Get your sex life off to a great start A compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition, Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that lasts a lifetime. Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage--before (and after) it starts.