Background This study explores and compares the influences of family communication
patterns (conversation orientation and conformity orientation) on family discussion and …

This study aims to explore and compare the influences of two crucial information channels
used by middle-aged parents—media and their adult children—on their health knowledge …

Communication between family members facilitated sensemaking and coping with
uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic for many, however, accessing this form of coping …

In the aftermath of discrete disasters, how families discuss the event has been linked with
child well-being. There is less understanding, however, of how family communication affects …

As information about the public health risks surrounding COVID-19 continues to shift over
time, families communicate to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. For example, families must …

With the COVID-19 pandemic, families are having to coordinate their behaviors to face new
challenges, such as negotiating the social distancing measures that the family will or will not …

Family support through the sharing of information helps to shape and regulate the health
and behaviours of family members, but little is known about how families are sharing COVID …

ABSTRACT A key motivation underlying topic avoidance is the belief that talk would be
inappropriate. The current research teases apart the sources of this belief by testing family …

Objective: We tested a model of individual health literacy information sharing with family
members, personal preventive behaviours and family well-being during the Coronavirus …

This study examined how shared family identity and COVID-19 worry were associated with
choices to adapt family gatherings during the pandemic. Participants (N= 314) reflected on a …