Table Of ContentContinuing Controversies About Children and Their Development Relevant to Parent-Child InteractionTheoretical OrientationsWhat the Child BecomesThree Selected VariablesThe Child as ClayAn Overview of the Unidirectional ApproachThe Child as ClayThe Unidirectional Approach to Three VariablesThrough the Looking GlassAn Overview of Bidirectional ApproachesThrough the Looking GlassBidirectional Approaches to Three VariablesThe Family as a Spiral of Recursive Feedback LoopsAn Overview of the Systems ApproachThe Family as a Spiral of Recursive Feedback LoopsA Systemic View of Three VariablesEpilogueConclusions, Concomitant Concerns, and Closing
SynopsisFamily communication is a topic of central interest in a large number of fields across the social and behavioural sciences - for instance, in the domains of language acquisition, cognitive development and socialization. This concise, readable book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary integration of current research on parent-child interaction in the traditional family structure. Examining the important variables of self-control, self-concept and communication competencies in childhood, this volume functions as a research heuristic and a vehicle for conversation between theorists, researchers and practitioners., Family communication is a topic of central interest in a large number of fields across the social and behavioural sciences - for instance, in the domains of language acquisition, cognitive development and socialization. This concise, readable book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary integration of current research on parent-child interaction in the 'traditional' family structure. Examining the important variables of self-control, self-concept and communication competencies in childhood, this volume functions as a research heuristic and a vehicle for conversation between theorists, researchers and practitioners., Family communication is a topic of central interest in a large number of fields across the social and behavioural sciences - for instance, in the domains of language acquisition, cognitive development and socialization. This concise, readable book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary integration of current research on parent-child interaction in the 'traditional family structure. Examining the important variables of self-control, self-concept and communication competencies in childhood, this volume functions as a research heuristic and a vehicle for conversation between theorists, researchers and practitioners.