Family Violence from a Communication Perspective Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Family Violence From a Communication Perspective	1
2	The Catalyst Hypothesis: Conditions Under Which Coercive Communications Leads to Physical Aggression	20
3	Family Interaction Process: An Essential Tool for Exploring Abusive Relations	37
4	Home Is Where the Hell Is: An Introduction to Violence Against Children From a Communication Perspective	59
5	Parent-to-Child Verbal Aggression	85
6	Communications Patterns in Families of Adolescent Sex Offenders	108
7	Communication and Violence in Courtship Relationships	127
8	The Ties That Bind Women to Violent Premarital Relationships: Processes of Seduction and Entrapment	151
9	Physical Aggression, Distress, and Everyday Marital Interaction	177
10	The Role of Communication in Verbal Abuse Between Spouses	199
11	Relational Control and Physical Aggression in Satisfying Marital Relationships	218
	References	240
	Author Index	267
	Subject Index	277
	About the Contributors	281