Western Journal of Communication, Volume 81, Issue 3, May-June 2017

Western Journal of Communication, Volume 81, Issue 3, May-June 2017 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.

Original Articles
Troubling the Functional/Dysfunctional Family Binary Through the Articulation of Functional Family Estrangement
Jordan Allen & Julia Moore
Pages: 281-299 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1250156

Murder, Miscarriage, and Women’s Choice: Prudence in the Colorado Personhood Debate
Calvin R. Coker
Pages: 300-319 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1245439

Discursive Struggles in “Diabetes Management”: A Case Study Using Baxter’s Relational Dialectics 2.0
Laura L. S. O’Hara
Pages: 320-340 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1241425

Testing a Motivational Model of Relationship Maintenance: The Role of Approach and Avoidance Relationship Goals
Daniel J. Weigel, Dana A. Weiser & Camille B. Lalasz
Pages: 341-361 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1240372

Empowered Sexual Objects? The Priming Influence of Self-Sexualization on Thoughts and Beliefs Related to Gender, Sex, and Power
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Hilary Gamble & Rachel Hahn
Pages: 362-384 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1257822

A Further Exploration of the Effects of Restoration Postscripts on Reactance
Elena Bessarabova, Claude H. Miller & Jason Russell
Pages: 385-403 | DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2016.1254815