This article reports the results of two studies designed to explore the role of family
communication climate (FCC) on parent-child communication choices. The first study …

Mass communication researchers interested in family communication have traditionally
assumed that family norms are shared by all family members, and apparent disagreement …

The family communication environments of school-age children in Grades 1, 4, 6, and 7
were measured using “talking picture books” containing dialogues representing various …

Analyses from a random sample of 169 families established a dear relationship between
schemata for marital and parent‐child communication. Hypotheses were derived by …

This study investigated the relationship between the Family Communication Patterns (FCP)
Inventory and parent‐child discourse, the effect of FCP scores on child compliance, and the …

This research considers how observed tactics and patterns in parent-adolescent conflict
relate to family orientations toward communication. Fifty families (mother, father, and mid …

Family communication behavior and family beliefs about how family members should
communicate with one another are closely related and combine to create family …

This chapter provides a foundation for the study of parent–child communication by exploring
basic assumptions about communication and relationships and examining propositions …

This article addresses a recurring inconsistency in the epistemic interpretation of the Family
Communication Patterns scales, widely used by mass communication researchers …

Data gathered from 178 parents of adolescent children are used to elucidate observed
relationships between social class and family communication patterns. The results—that …