Family Communication Patterns and Difficult Family Conversations

Keating, David M.; Russell, Jessica; Cornacchione, Jennifer; Smith, Sandi W.

doi:10.1080/00909882.2013.781659

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“…Communication on a range of topics is thus limited. Family interactions emphasize harmony and interdependence of family members; therefore, conflicting discussions are usually avoided (Keating et al, 2013;Xu, 2012). For example, parents have the dominant power to make the decisions for the family, and the children are expected to show the desired subservient behavior (Wu & Chao, 2011).…”

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Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems

Jin

Acharya

2021

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Talking about depression with parents is a challenging exercise for the Chinese international students (CIS) as well as their parents due to the Chinese cultural context and family hierarchical structure. The study engages with the parents of CIS to identify their dilemmas and coping strategies employed to discuss depression with CIS studying in United States. Thirteen Chinese parents of CIS were recruited into in-depth interviews through convenience sampling, till data saturation. Constant comparative method was employed for data analysis. The results informed that the parents struggled with dilemmas of talking about depression. Four coping strategies emerged from the dialogues: (a) communicate openly, (b) improve understanding through social media and shared experience, (c) show a respectful, sensitive and non-judgmental attitude, and (d) encourage help seeking and other support strategies. The findings provide crucial insights for higher education interventions that promote social support especially in the context of mental health among CIS.

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Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems

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2021

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“…Our finding that social role norms affected parent communications with their children about finances is consistent with the assumption of Family Communications Theory that intra-familial communications reflect the family's hierarchical structure and beliefs about how open communications should be. 5,20 Parents in our study expressed beliefs about hierarchical levels for distinct types of communications about finance: communications about sensitive financial information should remain at the parent level, and communications about responsible financial behaviors should occur between levels to benefit the child later in life. Our findings are consistent with prior studies about parents as role models of financial attitudes and behaviors, 25,26 and that parents are more likely to talk about sensitive financial topics like income or debts when they perceive greater benefits than risks, 27,28 and when doing so is culturally acceptable.…”

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“…Assumptions include that these communications reflect the family's hierarchical structure and vary in beliefs about how open communications should be. 5,20 This theory has been used in research of conversations about death, divorce, and substance use, 5 and offers direction for research of other topics with implications for the family.…”

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He knew more than we wanted him to know: Parent perceptions about their children's sense of pediatric cancer‐related financial problems

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Killela

Kamkhoad

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Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Background: Treatment for pediatric cancer generates costs that place sizeable demands on family finances relative to household income. Little is known about whether children sense that their cancer has created financial problems for the family. The study purpose was to describe parents' perceptions about whether their child sensed that pediatric cancer created financial problems for their family.Procedure: Family Communications Theory informed our study. We used descriptive statistics and content analysis to examine parents' (n = 417) responses to questions about the child's sense of pediatric cancer-related financial problems from a larger survey study.Results: Approximately 56.2% of parents indicated that their child had no sense of the pediatric cancer-related financial problems and 44.1% indicated their child had some. Proportions of children perceived to sense these financial problems steadily increased with age grouping, while proportions perceived to have none declined. With content analysis, we identified cognitive capacity as the key child factor influencing children's sense of these problems. Influential context factors included social norms, observed changes in family routines and spending patterns, and overheard conversations between adults. Child psychological outcomes included guilt, anxiety about money, and feelings of being a burden. Conclusion:Pediatric oncology professionals and staff should be mindful of parent preferences about burdening children with sensitive financial information, and modify their behaviors and processes accordingly. They can also provide anticipatory guidance and psycho-education about psychological responses related to the effects of pediatric cancer on family finances and the role of cognitive development in the evolution of children's awareness of those effects.

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“…Earlier research demonstrated that family communication orientations have emotional and psychological consequences for children. Research consistently demonstrated an association between conversation orientation and favorable emotional profiles including increased positive affect and decreased negative affect (Keating, et al, 2013). In addition to the emotional benefits of conversation orientation, children are more likely to build self-esteem (Rangarajan & Kelly, 2006) and less likely to experience stress (Schrodt et al, 2008).…”

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“…Consistent with this finding, research demonstrates that conformity orientation typically produces results antithetical to conversation orientation. More specifically, research results point to disturbances in emotional patterns for family members with a conformity orientation (Keating et al, 2013). Moreover, there is a relationship between conformity orientation and psychological ramifications for children, including depression (Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 1997) and anxiety (Mruk, 1995).…”

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Parent–Child Relationship Satisfaction: The Influence of Family Communication Orientations and Relational Maintenance Behaviors

Aloia

2019

The Family Journal

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This study examined emerging adults’ satisfaction with parent–child relationships as a function of family communication orientations and relational maintenance behaviors. Two hundred and eleven emerging adults completed measures assessing family communication orientations (conversation and conformity), relational maintenance behaviors (shared tasks, shared networks, positivity, openness, and assurances), and satisfaction with parent–child relationships. Results demonstrated that family conversation orientation and relational maintenance behaviors were positively associated with relationship satisfaction; family conformity orientation was not related to relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, findings indicated support for a model in which positivity and openness mediated the association between family conversation orientation and children’s satisfaction with parent–child relationships.

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Family Communication Patterns and Difficult Family Conversations

Cited by 27 publications

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Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems

Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems

He knew more than we wanted him to know: Parent perceptions about their children's sense of pediatric cancer‐related financial problems

Parent–Child Relationship Satisfaction: The Influence of Family Communication Orientations and Relational Maintenance Behaviors

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