Intercultural Communication: Impacts on Marriage and Family Relationships
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Intercultural Communication serves as one of the most important element in today's marriages and families. Some of the topics discussed in this book includue, the characteristics of intercultural communication, inverse communication styles, communication difficulty, the role of culture in the communication process, circular communication style, double-sided communication, communication and gender, levels of communication, negative interactional patterns, and how intercultural communication impacts marriages and families.
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With so many individuals, couples, and families now living in the United States from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, there are various communication styles among the different ethnic groups that play a key role in determining the success and failure of today's marriages and family relationships.
Throughout the years of personal struggles as a formal political refugee from Southeast Asia, the author survived many levels of challenges, such as escaping from Laos to Thailand to be freed from political persecution, surviving in a refugee camp from sicknesses and hunger, coming to America with zero English skill, in order to become a language instructor, marriage and family counselor, and Mien language and cultural consultant.
The combined years of his research and personal experiences in working with individuals, couples, and families from different cultural, social, and educational settings, he has the honor and privilege to write this book, with practical implications for individuals, couples, parents, pastors, community leaders, counselors, educators, and researchers.
About the Author
Youd Sinh is a formal political refugee from Southeast Asia and lives in Seattle, Washington, with his beloved wife and five blessed children. He holds a bachelor’s in liberal studies, a master’s in education, a Doctorate of Practical Ministry in biblical counseling, and a PhD in psychology. He is a marriage and family counselor, trained parent-teen mediator, language development instructor, chairman of Mien Christian Mission Fellowship, and conference speaker.