The Frequency and Comfort of Political Conversations with Parents as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Relational Quality in Parent–Child Relationships

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Xavier Scruggs ◽  
Paul Schrodt
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Relational Quality ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

The Importance of Perspective in Parent-Child Interpretations of Family Communication Patterns

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Weintraub Austin
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Age Related Changes ◽  
Parent Child

Parents and children surveyed make some different associations among family communication variables. Results support the hypothesis that involvement is more salient than other aspects of family communication for children, and that age-related changes in communication perceptions may reflect differences in what is relevant or salient about family communication for children as they mature. This has many implications for the study of mass communication uses and effects.

Revising a measure to assess consumer-related family communication patterns

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Krcmar ◽  
Matthew Allen Lapierre
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Related Family ◽  
Final Study ◽  
Parent Child

Purpose This paper aims to revise an earlier version of a measure used to assess parent–child consumer-based communication to better capture how parents talk with their children about consumer matters. Design/methodology/approach Three separate studies were used to revise the measure. The first tested the original measure with parents and children in a supermarket to determine its predictive validity. The second utilized focus groups with parents to refine the measure. The final study sampled 503 parents via MTurk to test the performance of the revised measure regarding reliability and validity. Findings The first study found that the original scale did not perform well as it relates to predicting child consumer behavior. The second study used parents to describe in their own words how they talk to their own children about consumer issues. Using these insights, the final study used the redesigned scale and identified four dimensions to the consumer-related family communication patterns instrument: collaborative communication, control communication, product value and commercial truth. These four dimensions had good reliability, convergent validity and predictive validity. Research limitations/implications With an updated measure of parent–child consumer-based communication that more closely matches how parents talk to their children about consumer issues, this measure can help researchers understand how children are socialized as consumers. Originality/value This study offers researchers a reliable and valid measure of parent–child consumer-based communication that can help inform future studies on this important topic.

scholarly journals Family Communication Patterns and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Experiences from Coastal Communities in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 195-210
Author(s):  
Rita Holm Adzovie ◽  
Daniel Edem Adzovie
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Family Communication Patterns ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Parent Child

A good understanding of human growth and development helps in the smooth transition of an individual from one stage to another. One of such stages is adolescence, which presents a lot of challenges as well as opportunities. There are differences in the extent to which families encourage conversation, the extent to which they demand conformity to family values as well as the extent to which families pass down strongly held family values from one generation to another, regarding changes that occur during adolescence. The study examines Parent-Child Communication Patterns between parents and adolescents in coastal communities in Ghana. Also, the study explored the effects of parent-child communication related to sexual and reproductive health in improving adolescent sexual reproductive health practices in Ghana. Data was collected from 300 adolescents in selected coastal communities within the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. We found that many parents in the coastal communities within the Cape Coast Metropolis are unable to transmit SRH information to their children. The findings also revealed that level of formal education influenced parents’ ability to transmit SRH information to adolescents and exposes poor parent-adolescent relationship regarding SRH information in the communities studied. Aside from contributing to literature and informing policy directions on family communication patterns regarding adolescent SRH, the study brings more insight on how parents and their adolescents along coastal communities in Cape Coast, Ghana communicate SRH issues. Implications for counselling are outlined.

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