Writing about Family Study Results Report to Community 2019 (original) (raw)
Family Writing: Voices in Print, Voices Heard
What can family members learn about each other from writing together? What sense of community can develop between family members and across other families as they write together? What areas of culture and community can be realized as families write together? These are the questions that fostered this current inquiry into a family writing project. Four families, connected through an urban community school, met together to write and share with one another. Excerpts of adult and children's writing is included and discussed along with the structure of developing a family writing project. Implications for classroom practices for teaching writing with children are discussed.
Lessons learned from family literature circles
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Editor Introduction: Reflections about Family Communication
Journal of Family Communication, 2018
This essay examines the current state of theorizing and scholarship in family communication practices. It lays out a vision for the future of family communication research and scholarship along with exploring some of the issues advanced by previous editors of the journal. Finally, the essay identifies what authors can expect from the new editor of the Journal of Family Communication when submitting research manuscripts for publication consideration. It is a tremendous honor and privilege to be named the next editor of the Journal of Family Communication. I appreciate all of the time, energy, and mentoring provided by Jordan Soliz in helping to transition the home of the journal to Kent State University. He is an incredible role model for how to run the editorial office with responsiveness, rigor, supportiveness, speed, quality, and attention to detail. It is clear to me that he was an expert at "engaging in dialogue with authors before, during, and after the submission to facilitate a review process that benefits all parties involved" (Soliz, 2015, p. 1). My hope is to continue to exemplify these same qualities and attributes that authors have come to expect when submitting, revising, and having their research published within the Journal of Family Communication. Trends and themes As I take over the reigns of the journal, considering the current state of research and theorizing about family communication illuminates opportunities and considerations for the future. In the new second edition of Engaging Theories in Family Communication, Braithwaite, Suter, and Floyd (2018) conducted a content analysis related to the state of research in family communication. These authors examined research published in 21 different family and communication-based journals from 2004 through 2015, focusing on scholarship about family communication practices. Overall, 486 articles were published during this timeframe, an average of 40.5 articles a year with "the greatest number of articles [published] in the Journal of Family Communication" (p. 9). What an accomplishment it is that the Journal of Family Communication is THE premiere place where authors go for an in-depth study and understanding of family interaction practices. I hope authors will continue to send their best research to the journal. I know how important it is for scholars in navigating career entry, transition, tenure, and promotion decisions to receive a quick turnaround time about their research, from initial submission to decision. Most editorial decisions will occur within a 2-3 month period of time. While time is an important consideration, securing informed, instructive, and ethical reviews is critical for me as the editor of the journal. I commit to trying to get three reviews for every manuscript, with scholars collectively who have topical, theoretical, and methodological expertise related to the submission in question. When there are any delays in the editorial review process, it is usually in securing three high-quality reviewers for a manuscript submission. I appreciate the generosity and service provided by members of the discipline in shaping the future scholarship of the journal through the peer review process.
1993
Theories about, methods of studying, and definitions of family have undergone profound shifts over the last several decades, and change continues to characterize developmental research on family functioning, In the 1990s, researchers have recognized the need for more descriptive studies as well as more process-oriented work. Research is beginning to integrate knowledge of biological, affective, social, and cognitive processes in families into multi-process frameworks, with the goal of developing models that capture the variability and richness of these processes in different types of families. Sampling strategies have also changed, leading to an increased interest in large, representative national samples. The study of families will likely become an increasingly interdisciplinary enterprise in which sociologists, demographers, anthropologists, psychologists, historians, and psychologists all play a role. (MM)
Tips for Developing a Successful Family Research Proposal
Journal of Family Nursing, 2017
Based on the authors’ experiences conducting family research using varied methodological and conceptual approaches, the intent of this article is to offer practical advice for developing a successful research proposal that builds on existing work and makes a compelling case for the investigator’s family focus, study design, and analytic approach. The article highlights key challenges unique to family research and offers suggestions and strategies for addressing the challenges.
The Qualitative Report, 2015
Late September, 2014, my grandmother died. A second mother to me, her absence is a physical thing, palpable, an ever-present missing. Serendipitously, On (Writing) Families: Autoethographies of Presence and Absence, Love and Loss, edited by Jonathan Wyatt and Tony E. Adams (2014), ended up in my mailbox. I read the title and thought I'd find some connection to help me through my own grief. I was correct. I enjoy reading personal narrative of family, and On (Writing) Families does not disappoint. The chapters are honest (sometimes painfully so) and avoid the schmaltzy turn these sort of narratives can sometimes take. Indeed, this diverse, multi-layered set of writing hangs together beautifully, exploring the connections, entanglements, and spaces between these assemblages we call family. The reader will not find tidy, happy endings. Nothing is pat or contrived here. As the editors note in the introduction: "The chapters show ... what parents, children, and families can mean,...
Challenging the Myths and Redressing the Missteps in Family Research
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Families of children with disabilities have been the subject of a number of myths, some of which have been introduced and promulgated by researchers influenced by cultural norms that may incline them to ask questions in particular ways and which may result in the institutionalization of ideas and methods, rather than subjecting established beliefs and perspectives to scrutiny. Only relatively recently, for example, has the conviction that only negative consequences will be experienced by families with a child with a disability been challenged. Research questions and instruments or approaches must allow for positive experiences and outcomes. In addition, often family research has failed to recognize the importance of cultural differences. One example of this can be found in assumptions of the applicability of instruments used in family research across different cultural groups. The capacity of instruments to reflect the constructs being measured must be established before they can be used confidently across cultures. In addition, the relationships between constructs must be tested rather than assumed. Finally, before intervention programs or approaches that have been developed by one culture are adopted or applied to another, their fit with the attitudes, beliefs, and resources of the latter culture should be established.
Family Stories: Collections of Narratives Revealing Family Identity
The Journal of American Culture
Family members are our first role models, playmates, accomplices, confidants, and sometimes adversaries. Family members share roles, norms, rules, histories, and conflicts. Family interaction fulfills many purposes or goals-some individual and some shared among members. Mutually, the members may experience each other's own personal challenges and defeats, tragedies, and joys. Family members co-construct a shared perceived identity implicitly understood. This identity can be observed in what the family collects. Belk (317) states that collections are comprised of possessions-either ideas or objects, which "may have utilitarian or aesthetic appeals, they must have additional significance to the collector."
2020
In writing about family, I am especially thankful for my own. My family, immediate and extended, has been a vital source of strength and support for me. Jonas, Lilia, Harrison, and Dave tolerated some very long workdays and provided encouragement along the way, which made all the difference. Thank you to the authors of the many amazing chapters in this book. Many of them helped to make it possible to include their work, which has made the book so much better. Here's hoping we can all work to find ways to support everyone's families.
Spotlights on Contemporary Family Life
2011
Although the main outcome of the project is the European Research Agenda, none of the steps leading up to this-the summary of the major trends of families in the "Existential Fields" of family life, the critical review of existing research, and the 'future of families' exercise-would have been possible without the active participation of representatives of policy, scientific and social organisations from across
bianet, 2022
As part of the "In Good Times and Bad: Living Together" podcast and article series of the Hafıza Merkezi Berlin (HMB) and IPS Communication Foundation / bianet, the first article on "Family" has been written by academic Alev Özkazanç.