Communication Studies A100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Gender Role
28 Dec 2020
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Categories of family secrets (vangelisti, 1994) (don"t worry about textbook for this section) E. g. , substance abuse, physical abuse, extramarital affairs, homosexuality, converting to different religion. E. g. , money, health problems, death, religion, ideology. Death of a family might be more of a taboo secret rather than a rule violation. Secrets one person keeps from the family. Secrets at least two people in family are keeping. Information the entire family is concealing from outsiders. Research on enabling alcoholics & children"s sexual abuse. Functions of family secrets (vangelisti & caughlin, 1997) Keepings members close or protecting from stressors. How do we decide when to tell a family secret (vangelisti et al. , 2001) Volatile secrets-protecting info that others could use against family members. What are family roles? enact in order to fulfill family functions. Recurring patterns of behavior developed through interactions that members. Ex: if you"re the man of the household, you"re expected to work.
