Family communication schemata and the circumplex model of family functioning

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-376

  Schrodt, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Circumplex Model; Cohesion; Conflict Avoidance; Expressiveness; Family Communication; Structural Traditionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944472735     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500305539     Document Type: Review

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