Family violence [electronic resource] : communication processes / edited by Dudley D. Cahn.

ISBN:

9781441604941

9780791493830

Title:

Family violence [electronic resource] : communication processes / edited by Dudley D. Cahn.

Author:

Cahn, Dudley D.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

SUNY series in communication studies

Contents:

An evolving communication perspective on family violence / Dudley D. Cahn -- Relational control-motivated aggression: a theoretical framework for identifying various types of violent couples / Loreen N. Olson -- Making sense of abuse: account analyses of male batterers / Teresa C. Sabourin -- Measuring change in attitudes targeted by batterer intervention programs / Maria Elena Villar, Victoria Orrego-Dunleavy, Joan Svaldi Farr -- Exploring the communication of men revealing abuse from female romantic partners / Jessica J. Eckstein -- Seeing family violence differently: shifting perspectives from social scientific to rhetorical / Suzanne M. Enck-Wanzer -- A communication perspective on physical child abuse / Angela B. Swanson, Dudley D. Cahn -- Distinguishing communication behaviors of mothers high and low in trait verbal aggression: a qualitative analysis of mother-child playtime interactions / Felicia Roberts [and others] -- Adolescent-to-parent abuse: abused parents' perceptions of the meaning and goals of adolescents' verbal, physical, and emotional abuse / Nancy J. Brule -- Forgiving the unforgivable? Processes of forgiveness and reconciliation after episodes of family violence / Ruth Anna Abigail.

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Subject Term:

Family violence -- United States.

Communication in families -- United States.

Wife abuse -- United States.

Child abuse -- United States.

Dating violence -- United States.

Added Author:

Cahn, Dudley D.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2009

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Summary

Contributors engage the communication issues associated with violence in families, including interspousal violence and violent parents and children. Although the United States has a high level of affluence and education compared to much of the rest of the world, neither wealth nor schooling ensures personal safety, particularly within the family and home. Every ten seconds, a child is beaten, neglected, or molested by his or her own family members, and many couples and children can be violent, abusive, and aggressive towards other family members as well. Family Violence focuses on the communication processes that occur before, during, and after these episodes. Contributors to the volume include both established scholars and newcomers to the communication field who use quantitative and qualitative approaches to unravel the complexities of the communication processes that are at the center of violence in families. Essays cover a range of topics, focusing separately on couples violence and violence between parents and children, and through the lens of communication research shed new light on the significant problem of domestic violence in the United States. Dudley D. Cahn is Professor of Communication at the State University of New York College at New Paltz. He is the editor of several books, the author of Conflict in Intimate Relationships, and the coauthor (with Ruth Anna Abigail) of Managing Conflict Through Communication.