TY - JOUR
T1 - An examination of everyday talk in stepfamily systems
AU - Schrodt, Paul
AU - Braithwaite, Dawn O.
AU - Soliz, Jordan
AU - Tye-Williams, Stacy
AU - Miller, Aimee
AU - Normand, Emily Lamb
AU - Harrigan, Meredith Marko
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - This study explored frequencies of everyday talk in stepfamilies and the extent to which such frequencies of talk differed according to family relationship type. Participants included a parent, stepparent, and stepchild from 114 stepfamilies. Across relationship types, stepfamily members reported catching up, joking around, and recapping the day's events most frequently and interrogating family members least frequently. Significant differences in frequencies of everyday talk across different relational dyads emerged for all three members of the stepfamily system. However, relatively few differences emerged in stepchildren's reported frequencies of everyday talk with their stepparents and their nonresidential parents.
AB - This study explored frequencies of everyday talk in stepfamilies and the extent to which such frequencies of talk differed according to family relationship type. Participants included a parent, stepparent, and stepchild from 114 stepfamilies. Across relationship types, stepfamily members reported catching up, joking around, and recapping the day's events most frequently and interrogating family members least frequently. Significant differences in frequencies of everyday talk across different relational dyads emerged for all three members of the stepfamily system. However, relatively few differences emerged in stepchildren's reported frequencies of everyday talk with their stepparents and their nonresidential parents.
KW - Conflict
KW - Everyday talk
KW - Nonresidential parents
KW - Stepfamilies
KW - Stepparent-stepchild relationships
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U2 - 10.1080/10570310701510077
DO - 10.1080/10570310701510077
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548311756
VL - 71
SP - 216
EP - 234
JO - Western Journal of Communication
JF - Western Journal of Communication
SN - 1057-0314
IS - 3
ER -