Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-266) and indexes.
Contents:
Family violence from a communication perspective / Dudley D. Cahn -- The catalyst hypothesis : conditions under which coercive communication leads to physical aggression / Michael E. Roloff -- Family interaction process : an essential tool for exploring abusive relations / Gayla Margolin [et al.] -- Home is where the hell is : an introduction to violence against children from a communication perspective / Linda Ade-Ridder and Allen R. Jones -- Parent-to-child verbal aggression / Yvonne Vissing and Walter Baily -- Communication patterns in families of adolescent sex offenders / Sandra M. Stith and Gary H. Bischof -- Communication and violence in courtship relationships / Colleen M. Carey and Paul A. Mongeau -- The ties that bind women to violent premarital relationships : processes of seduction and entrapment / Karen H. Rosen -- Physical aggression, distress, and everyday marital interaction / Sally A. Lloyd -- The role of communication in verbal abuse between spouses / Teresa Chandler Sabourin -- Relational control and physical aggression in satisfying marital relationships / L. Edna Rogers, Anne Castleton, and Sally A. Lloyd.
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