Life-span communication [electronic resource]

This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development. Core chapters examine specific communication processes from infancy through childhood and adolescence into middle age and later life.In its exploration of the role of communication in human development, this volume:*overviews the theoretical and methodological issues related to studying communication across the life span;*discu