Setting the Agenda: Focusing on Extended Family Relationships

References

• Affram, A. A., Osei-Tutu, A., & Dzokoto, V. A. (2020). Conflict handling in Ghanaian in-law relationships: Implications for face concerns. Journal of Family Communication, 20(4), 285–297. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2020.1822845
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Attar-Schwartz, S., Tan, J. P., Buchanan, A., Flouri, E., & Griggs, J. (2009). Grandparenting and adolescent adjustment in two-parent biological, lone-parent, and step-families. Journal of Family Psychology, 23(1), 67–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014383
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bowen, M. (1978). Family therapy in clinical practice. Aronson.
   Google Scholar
• Braithwaite, D. O., Foster, E., & Bergen, K. M. (2018). Social construction theory: Communication co-creating families. In D. O. Braithwaite, E. A. Suter, & K. Floyd (Eds.), Engaging theories in family communication: Multiple perspectives (2nd ed., pp. 279–289). Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Bryant, C. M., Conger, R. D., & Meehan, J. M. (2001). The influence of in-laws on change in marital success. Journal of Marriage & Family, 63(3), 614–626. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00614.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cancino, A. (2016). More grandparents raising their grandchildren. Associated Press. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/more-grandparents-raising-their-grandchildren/
   Google Scholar
• Cao, H., Fine, M., Fang, X., & Zhou, N. (2019). Chinese adult children’s perceived parents’ satisfaction with adult children’s marriage, in-law relationship quality, and adult children’s marital satisfaction. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 36(4), 1098–1122. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518755319
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Casper, L. M., Florian, S., Potts, C., & Brandon, P. D. (2016). Portrait of American grandparent families. In M. Harrington Meyer & Y. Abdul-Malak (Eds.), Grandparenting in the US (pp. 109–132). Baywood Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• Castaneda, N. (2021). “It’s in our nature as daughters to protect our familias … You know?”: The privacy rules of concealing and revealing Latina child sexual abuse experiences. Journal of Family Communication, 21(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2020.1856851
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Center for Prevention and Disease Control. (2023). Marriage and divorce. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/marriage-divorce.htm.
   Google Scholar
• Cohen, T. F., & Strong, B. (2020). The marriage and family experience: Intimate relationships in a changing society. Cengage Learning.
   Google Scholar
• Curtin, S. C., & Sutton, P. D. (2020). Marriage rates in the United States, 1900–2018. NCHS E-Stat. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Davis-Sowers, R. (2012). “It just kind of like falls in your hands”: Factors that influence black aunts’ decisions to parent their nieces and nephews. Journal of Black Studies, 43(3), 231–250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934711415243
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duck, S., Foley, M. K., & Kirkpatrick, D. C. (2006). Relating difficulty in a triangular world. In D. C. Kirkpatrick, S. Duck, & M. K. Foley (Eds.), Relating difficulty: The process of constructing and managing difficult interaction (pp. 225–232). Lawrence Erlbaum.
   Google Scholar
• Ebaugh, H. R., & Curry, M. (2000). Fictive kin as social capital in new immigrant communities. Sociological Perspectives, 43(2), 189–209. https://doi.org/10.2307/1389793
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ellingson, L. L., & Sotirin, P. J. (2010). Aunting: Cultural practices that sustain family and community life. Baylor University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Fingerman, K. L. (2004). The role of offspring and in-laws in grandparents’ ties to their grandchildren. Journal of Family Issues, 25(8), 1026–1049. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X04265941
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fingerman, K. L., & Hay, E. L. (2002). Searching under the streetlight?: Age biases in the personal and family relationships literature. Personal Relationships, 9(4), 415–433. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6811.09404
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Floyd, K., Mikkelson, A., & Judd, J. (2006). Defining the family through relationships. In L. H. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The family communication sourcebook (pp. 21–40). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452233024
   Google Scholar
• Floyd, K., & Morman, M. T. (Eds.). (2014). Widening the family circle: New research on family communication (2nd ed.). Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Fowler, C. (2015). The role of shared family identity and future time perspective in shaping the outcomes of grandparents’ positive and negative social behaviors. Journal of Family Communication, 15(1), 20–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2014.980822
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Galvin, K. M., Braithwaite, D. O., Schrodt, P., & Bylund, C. L. (2018). Family communication: Cohesion and change (10th ed.). Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Goetting, A. (1990). Patterns of support among in-laws in the United States: A review of research. Journal of Family Issues, 11(1), 67–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/019251390011001005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grossman, J. M., Richer, A. M., Charmaraman, L., Ceder, I., & Erkut, S. (2018). Youth perspectives on sexuality communication with parents and extended family. Family Relations, 67(3), 368–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12313
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gudykunst, W. B., & Lee, C. M. (2001). An agenda for studying ethnicity and family communication. Journal of Family Communication, 1(1), 75–85. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327698JFC0101_09
   Google Scholar
• Gyeke, K. (1998). African cultural values. Sankofa Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• Harrigan, M. M., Priore, A., Wagner, E., & Palka, K. (2017). Preventing face loss in donor-assisted families. Journal of Family Communication, 17(3), 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2017.1322971
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harrington-Meyer, M. (2014). Grandmothers at work: Juggling families and jobs. New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814729236.001.0001
   Google Scholar
• Hutchins, D., & Nelson, L. R. (2021). Setting the agenda: Black families matter. Journal of Family Communication, 21(4), 322–331. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2021.1954649
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jackson, J., & Berg-Cross, L. (1988). Extending the extended family: The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship of black women. Family Relations, 37(3), 293–297. https://doi.org/10.2307/584565
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jewkes, R., Corboz, J., Gibbs, A., & Seedat, S. (2019). Violence against Afghan women by husbands, mothers-in-law and siblings-in-law/siblings: Risk markers and health consequences in an analysis of the baseline of a randomised controlled trial. PLos One, 14(2), e0211361. Article e0211361. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211361
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koerner, A. F., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (2002). Toward a theory of family communication. Communication Theory, 12(1), 70–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2002.tb00260.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kornhaber, A. (1985). Grandparenthood and the “new social contract. In V. L. Bengtson & J. F. Robertson (Eds.), Grandparenthood (pp. 159–172). Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Lee, J., & Bauer, J. W. (2013). Motivations for providing and utilizing child care by grandmothers in South Korea. Journal of Marriage & Family, 75(2), 381–402. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12014
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis, E. M., Lemmons, B. P., & Woolley, M. E. (2022). The ties that bind: An exploration of son-in-law and father-in-law relationships in black families. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 23(1), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000361
   Google Scholar
• Manning, J. (2020). Examining whiteness in interpersonal communication textbooks. Communication Culture & Critique, 13(2), 254–258. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaa010
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manuel-Krogstad, J. (2015, September 13). 5 facts about American grandparents. The Pew Research Report. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/13/5-facts-about-american-grandparents/
   Google Scholar
• Marotz-Baden, R., & Cowan, D. (1987). Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law: The effects of proximity on conflict and stress. Family Relations, 36(4), 385–390. https://doi.org/10.2307/584488
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McNallie, J., & Gettings, P. E. (2022). Trust as a mediator between family communication patterns and relational maintenance in grandparent-adult child-grandchild relationships. Communication Quarterly, 70(3), 227–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2022.2036214
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meyer, M. H., Kandic, A., & Suitor, J. J. (2017). Grandparenting in the United States. Innovation in Aging, 1(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx023
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikucki‐enyart, S. L. (2018). Parents‐in‐law’s topic avoidance: Understanding the role of interaction goals and relational characteristics. Personal Relationships, 25(3), 433–457. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12252
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikucki-Enyart, S. L. (2011). Parent-in-law privacy management: An examination of the links among relational uncertainty, topic avoidance, in-group status, and in-law satisfaction. Journal of Family Communication, 11(4), 237–263. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2010.544633
   Google Scholar
• Mikucki-Enyart, S. L. (2019). Children-in-laws’ message processing: Associations among uncertainty, perceived topic avoidance, goal inferences, and martial satisfaction. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 36(11–12), 3908–3933. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519841724
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., Caughlin, J. P., & Rittenour, C. E. (2015). Content and relational implications of children-in-law’s relational uncertainty within the in-law dyad during the transition to extended family. Communication Quarterly, 63(3), 286–309. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2015.1039714
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., & Heisdorf, S. (2020). Communicatively managing in-law relationships. In J. Soliz & C. W. Colaner (Eds.), Navigating relationships in the modern family: Communication, identity, and difference (pp. 191–208). Peter Lang.
   Google Scholar
• Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., & Reed, J. M. (2020). Understanding parents-in-law’s uncertainty management through a relational turbulence lens. Communication Studies, 71(5), 857–878. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1776745
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Milardo, R. M. (2010). The forgotten kin: Aunts and uncles. Cambridge University.
   Google Scholar
• Minniear, M., & Soliz, J. (2019). Family communication and messages about race and identity in Black families in the United States. Journal of Family Communication, 19(4), 329–347. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2019.1593170
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morr Serewicz, M. C. (2008). Toward a triangular theory of the communication and relationships of in-laws: Theoretical proposal and social relations analysis of relational satisfaction and private disclosures in in-law triads. Journal of Family Communication, 8(4), 264–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267430802397161
   Google Scholar
• Morr Serewicz, M. C. (2014). Relationships with parents-in-law. In K. Floyd & M. T. Morman (Eds.), Widening the family circle: New research on family communication (2nd ed., pp. 85–101). Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Morr Serewicz, M. C., & Canary, D. J. (2008). Assessments of disclosure from the in-laws: Links among disclosure topics, family privacy orientations, and relational quality. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 25(2), 333–357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407507087962
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ranieri, S., Ferrari, L., Rosnati, R., Danioni, F. V., Canzi, E., & Miller, L. (2022). The mediating role of adoption communication openness between family functioning and the adjustment of adopted adolescents: A multi-information approach. Journal of Family Communication, 22(3), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2022.2095388
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rauscher, E. A., Schrodt, P., Campbell-Salome, G., & Freytag, J. (2020). The intergenerational transmission of family communication patterns: (In)consistencies in conversation and conformity orientations across two generations of family. Journal of Family Communication, 20(2), 97–113. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2019.1683563
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sarkisian, N., & Gerstel, N. (2012). Nuclear family values, extended family lives: The power of race, class, and gender. Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Scharp, K. M., & Dorrance Hall, E. (2019). Reconsidering family closeness: A review and call for research on family distancing. Journal of Family Communication, 19(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1544563
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silverstein, M., & Ruiz, S. (2006). Breaking the chain: How grandparents moderate the transmission of maternal depression to their grandchildren. Family Relations, 55(5), 601–612. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00429.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simkhada, B., Porter, M. A., & van Teijlingen, E. R. (2010). The role of mothers-in-law in antenatal care decision-making in Nepal: A qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 10(34). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-10-34
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Soliz, J. (2008). Intergenerational support and the role of grandparents in post-divorce families: Retrospective accounts of young adult grandchildren. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 9(1), 72–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/17459430802400373
   Google Scholar
• Soliz, J., & Colaner, C. W. (Eds.). (2020). Navigating relationships in the modern family: Communication, identity, and difference. Peter Lang.
   Google Scholar
• Soliz, J., & Phillips, K. E. (2018). Toward a more expansive understanding of family communication: Considerations for inclusion of ethnic-racial and global diversity. Journal of Family Communication, 18(1), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2017.1399890
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Song, Y., & Zhang, Y. B. (2012). Husbands’ conflict styles in Chinese mother/daughter-in-law conflicts: Daughters-in-law’s perspectives. Journal of Family Communication, 12(1), 57–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2011.629968
   Google Scholar
• Sotirin, P. J., & Ellingon, L. L. (2014). The “other” women in family life: Recognizing the significance of aunt/niece/nephew communication. In K. Floyd & M. Morman (Eds.), Widening the family circle: New research on family communication (2nd ed., pp. 51–68). Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Stone, A. L., Nimmons, E. A., Salcido, R., & Schnarrs, P. (2020). “My meemaw is a cool ass person”: Family members as role models of resilience for sexual and gender diverse people of color. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 16(2), 241–257. https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2020.1724148
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tam, B., Findlay, L., & Kohen, D. (2017). Conceptualization of family: Complexities of defining an Indigenous family. Indigenous Policy Journal, 28(1), 1–19. https://blog.indigenouspolicy.org/index.php/ipj/article/view/398
   Google Scholar
• Thomas, P. A., Liu, H., & Umberson, D. (2017). Family relationships and well-being. Innovation in Aging, 1(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx025
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thompson, B., Kellas, J. K., Soliz, J., Thompson, J., Epp, A., & Schrodt, P. (2009). Family legacies: Constructing individual and family identity through intergenerational storytelling. Narrative Inquiry, 19(1), 106–134. https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.19.1.07tho
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turner, L. H. (2019). Introduction to the special issue: Increasing space for families on the margins. Journal of Family Communication, 19(3), 171–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2019.1632314
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turner, L. H., & West, R. (2003). Breaking through silence: Increasing voice for diverse families in communication fCresearch. Journal of Family Communication, 3(4), 181–186. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327698JFC03041
   Google Scholar
• Turner, L. H., & West, R. (2018). Invited essay: Investigating family voices from the margins. Journal of Family Communication, 18(2), 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1435548
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2011). Women in the labor force: A databook. Report 985. Table 7. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, 1975–2010. http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2011.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Waites, C. (2009). Building on strengths: Intergenerational practice with African American families. Social Work, 54(3), 278–287. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.3.278
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weiler, L. M., Keyzers, A., Scafe, M., Anderson, A., & Cavell, T. A. (2020). “My village fell apart”: Parents’ views on seeking informal mentoring relationships for their children. Family Relations, 69(5), 983–995. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12436
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Woolley, M. E., & Greif, G. L. (2019). Mother-in-law reports of closeness to daughter-in-law: The determinant triangle with the son and husband. Social Work, 64(1), 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swy055
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang, D., & Chen, Y. -W. (2020). “We are the unusual factor”: Queering family communication norms with gay adoptive parents. Journal of Family Communication, 20(3), 206–220. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2020.1767621
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar