Moral Talk Across the Lifespan

Vince Waldron (PhD Ohio State University) is Professor of Communication at Arizona State University. He is the author of four books, including Communicating Emotion at Work (2012). Dr. Douglas Kelley (PhD University of Arizona) is Professor of Communication at Arizona State University. He is the author/co-author of three books including Marital Communication (2012).

Contents: Vincent Waldron/Douglas Kelley: In Search of the Good Relationship – Thomas J. Socha/Angela Eller: Parent/Caregiver-Child Communication and Moral Development: Toward a Conceptual Foundation of an Ecological Model of Lifespan Communication and Good Relationships – Vincent Waldron/Joshua Danaher/Carmen Goman/Nicole Piemonte/Dayna Kloeber: Which Parental Messages about Morality Are Accepted by Emerging Adults? – Jordan Soliz/Christine E. Rittenour: Generativity in the Family: Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships and the Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Worldviews – Douglas Kelley: Just Marriage – Carla L. Fisher/Bianca Wolf: Morality and Family Communication When Coping with Cancer – Leslie A. Baxter/Sarah N. Pederson/Kristen M. Norwood: Negotiating Morality Through Poetic Justice – Anita L. Vangelisti/Erin C. Nelson: The Morality of Revealing Others’ Secrets – Laura K. Guerrero/Megan Cole: Moral Standards, Emotions, and Communication Associated with Relational Transgressions in Dating Relationships – Valerie Manusov: Mindfulness as Morality: Awareness, Nonjudgment, and Nonreactivity in Couples’ Communication – Douglas Kelley/Vincent Waldron: Good Relationship Talk.