Communication in nuclear families with adolescent children

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Family-nuclear, Communication, Family-system, Adolescence, Family-interaction

Abstract

The family is the system that teaches through communication, forming relationship patterns that the members are practicing in other contexts. The objective of this research was to characterize communication in nuclear families with adolescent children, as a binding entity within the family system. This study was descriptive observational with a qualitative approach. 10 nuclear families with adolescent children between 13 and 17 years old participated, selected with incidental non probalistic sampling. Data were collected through circular interviews, focus group topic guide and the application of the Family Communication Scale. The results that the families have manage alternative communication styles and indirect masked typology; It is determined that being clear and direct is not enough for communication to be functional. Furthermore, if the communicational exchange is devoid of affection, the silencing strategies will be part of the communicational circuit. Analyzing that the understanding of family interaction is significant to the communicational category and that, in addition, family communication, it is not possible to explain from a univocal perspective but from the complexity and as part of the interactional reality of a system.

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2019-12-30

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Santos Morocho, J., Guerrero Narbajo, Y., Rosario Quiroz, F., & Arias Rivera, S. (2019). Communication in nuclear families with adolescent children. PsiqueMag, 8(2), 1–11. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/psiquemag/article/view/193

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019): July - December

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