Family Violence: Communication Processes

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

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
An Evolving Communication Perspective on Family Violence	p. 1
Couples' Violence
Relational Control-Motivated Aggression: A Theoretical Framework for Identifying Various Types of Violent Couples	p. 27
Making Sense of Abuse: Account Analyses of Male Batterers	p. 49
Measuring Change in Attitudes Targeted by Batterer Intervention Programs	p. 73
Exploring the Communication of Men Revealing Abuse from Female Romantic Partners	p. 89
Seeing Family Violence Differently: Shifting Perspectives from Social Scientific to Rhetorical	p. 113
Parent-Child Violence
A Communication Perspective on Physical Child Abuse	p. 135
Distinguishing Communication Behaviors of Mothers High and Low in Trait Verbal Aggression: A Qualitative Analysis of Mother-Child Playtime Interactions	p. 155
Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Abused Parents' Perceptions of the Meaning and Goals of Adolescents' Verbal, Physical, and Emotional Abuse	p. 179
Forgiving the Unforgivable? Processes of Forgiveness and Reconciliation after Episodes of Family Violence	p. 205
List of Contributors	p. 221
Index	p. 223
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