From the Outside In: Examining How Individuals Define Their Experienced Family.

Brennan, John L.; Wamboldt, Frederick S.

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ERIC Number: EJ412948

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Publication Date: 1990

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From the Outside In: Examining How Individuals Define Their Experienced Family.

Brennan, John L.; Wamboldt, Frederick S.

Communication Research, v17 n4 p444-61 Aug 1990

Explores how individuals' conceptions of their family vary across stages of family development. Compares several hypotheses of how key interpersonal relationships shape individuals' intrapsychic experience of their family. Finds scant support for socialization theory but considerable support for social transaction theory. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Family Communication, Family Relationship, Individual Development, Interpersonal Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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