Chapter 12 Review

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key terms

family

nuclear family

extended family

stepfamily

cohabiting couples

single-parent family

voluntary kin family

family stories

Family Communication Patterns Theory

conversation orientation

conformity orientation

image consensual families

image pluralistic families

image protective families

image laissez-faire families

relational dialectics

Communication Privacy Management Theory

family privacy rules

triangulation

parental favoritism

interparental conflict

spillover hypothesis

key concepts

Defining Family

Communicating in Families

Maintaining Family Relationships

Family Relationship Challenges