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We create our families through how we communicate.
We create our families through how we communicate.
1. Positivity
Communicating in an upbeat and hopeful fashion.
2. Assurances
Assurances of how much they mean.
3. Self-disclosure
Sharing private thoughts and feelings.
Beebe, Steven A., Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond. Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2014.
Rueter, Martha A., and Ascan F. Koerner. "Martha A. Rueter, Department of Family Social Science, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108." National Institute of Health. August 1, 2009. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600517/pdf/nihms74108.pdf (accessed November 30, 2013).
High Conversation
Low Conformity
High Conversation
High Conformity
Parents have very open, unrestrained conversations and do not try to control their children's thinking.
Low Conversation
High Conformity
Low Conversation
Low Conformity
Consensual families have one sided communication skills. It's what ever the parent say and nothing else. They are not allowed to disagree with anything the parent has said.
Families range from strong to weak in their conversation and conformity orientations, with four family types resulting from the intersection of the two dimensions
Communication in protective families stresses obedience and enforces parental authority with little value placed on the exchange of ideas or the discussions.
(Beebe, Beebe and Redmond 2014)
Parents support individual decision making, but don't take much interest in the decisions.
Family communication involves two dimensions: the level of conversation and the level of conformity.
Communication is the key to maintaining any type of relationships. When it comes to family communication, different types can be helpful and others can be harmful. For a more positive family with less stress, the best type of family to be is a "pluralistic family"