Family communication patterns and social support seeking in Japan and the United States: A socio-ecological perspective

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Moriizumi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking

scholarly journals A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Mediating Role of Family Support and Parental Advice Quality on the Relationship Between Family Communication Patterns and First-Year College Student Adjustment in the United States and Belgium

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 638-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall ◽  
Jenna McNallie ◽  
Kathleen Custers ◽  
Elisabeth Timmermans ◽  
Steven R. Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
First Year ◽  
Student Adjustment ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Advice Quality

This study examines how college students’ family communication environments influence their adjustment during the first year of college in two distinct cultures: Belgium ( n = 513) and the United States ( n = 431). Three structural equation models were tested to determine the mediating effects of (a) perceived family support, (b) quality of academic advice from parents, and (c) quality of social advice from parents on associations between family communication patterns (FCPs) and student adjustment. Although most relationships are more complicated than predicted based on FCP theory and research, several patterns occur across models and populations. Conversation orientation tends to foster positive adjustment for both cultures while conformity orientation promotes negative adjustment for Belgian students. In addition, perceived family support and advice quality mediate several relationships between FCP and academic self-efficacy, college stress, and loneliness. Differences between the two cultures, theoretical implications for FCP, and practical implications for academic counselors are discussed along with avenues for future research.

Family communication patterns and relationship quality between emerging adults and their parents

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110272
Author(s):  
Erica Szkody ◽  
Cliff McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Parental Figures ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Conformity Orientation

Few researchers have examined how family communication patterns influence child help-seeking behaviors and child help-providing behaviors in relation to the parent-child relationship during the period of emerging adulthood. In the current study we utilized a latent profile analysis to determine family communication pattern types from two standard communication orientations (i.e., conversation orientation and conformity orientation). We also examined how pattern types were associated with parent-emerging adult relationship quality and help/support seeking/providing behavior within the family during the period of emerging adulthood as reported by emerging adults ( n = 129) and one of their parental figures ( n = 129). The data supported two family communication types (i.e., protective and pluralistic) created from conversation and conformity orientation scores and we utilized them to differentiate between relationship qualities and help/support seeking/providing behavior when those behaviors were reported by emerging adults but not their parental figures.

Communicative predictors of social network resilience skills during the transition to college

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752098346
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall ◽  
Kristina M. Scharp
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transition To College ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Network Resilience ◽  
Friend Support ◽  
Positive Effect

Persisting in college requires resilience for emerging adults, who must adapt to a new culture with different norms. Many also struggle with financial pressure, mental health issues, and interpersonal stressors. This longitudinal study proposes and tests a model of the communication factors that predict social network resilience skills during the transition to college. A sample of 436 first-year college students in the Mountain West region of the United States reported their family communication patterns, perceived friend and family support, communication confidence, and social network resilience skills (SNRS) at two points in time. Model testing revealed that friend support, family support, and communication confidence mediate the positive effect of conversation orientation on SNRS. Friend support mediates the positive effect of conformity orientation on SNRS. Theoretical implications for the Communication Theory of Resilience and Family Communication Patterns Theory are discussed.

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