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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822619203321

Titolo

Family violence : communication processes / / edited by Dudley D. Cahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009

ISBN

0-7914-9383-0

1-4416-0494-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in communication studies

Altri autori (Persone)

CahnDudley D

Disciplina

362.82/92014

Soggetti

Family violence - United States

Communication in families - United States

Wife abuse - United States

Child abuse - United States

Dating violence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 ... [et al.] -- 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.



Sommario/riassunto

Contributors engage the communication issues associated with violence in families, including interspousal violence and violent parents and children.