Understanding Family Communication Patterns and Family Functioning: The Roles of Conversation Orientation and Conformity Orientation

By A. Koerner, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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Family Communication Schemata and the Circumplex Model of Family Functioning (2005, background): “…of conflict is one outcome of different communication orientations in the family, there is more recent evidence to suggest that conflict avoidance, in general, may also constitute a belief structure associated with a conformity orientation in the family (e.g., Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2002c).”
An Introduction to the Special Issue on Family Communication Patterns Theory (2014, background): “The first dimension of family communication, conversation orientation, is defined as the degree to which families create a communication environment in which all family members are encouraged to participate in unrestrained interaction about a wide range of topics (Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2002b).”
Taking risks when communicating on the Internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks (2007, methodology): “These concerned social anxiety (specifically, social avoidance and fear of negative evaluation; Chapman 2002), risk-taking or sensation-seeking (Stephenson et al. 2003), life satisfaction (Huebner 2001), and family communication patterns (using items from the children’s version of the Revised Family”
A Meta-Analytical Review of Family Communication Patterns and their Associations with Information Processing, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Outcomes (2008, methodology): “Theoretically, however, it is important to note that these two dimensions often interact with each other to influence family functioning (Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2002b).”
Parental Confirmation and Affection as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Children's Mental Well-Being (2007, methodology): “Koerner and Fitzpatrick (2002b) noted that the benefits associated with member - ship in different family types (i.e., pluralistic, consensual, protective, and lais-sez-faire families) may depend, in part, on the extent to which a conformity orientation either equips children in their development…”