An examination of everyday talk in stepfamily systems

Paul Schrodt; Dawn O. Braithwaite; Jordan Soliz; Stacy Tye-Williams; Aimee Miller; Emily Lamb Normand; Meredith Marko Harrigan

doi:10.1080/10570310701510077

An examination of everyday talk in stepfamily systems

Paul Schrodt, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Jordan Soliz, Stacy Tye-Williams, Aimee Miller, Emily Lamb Normand, Meredith Marko Harrigan

Communication Studies

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	216-234
Number of pages	19
Journal	Western Journal of Communication
Volume	71
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10570310701510077
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Conflict
Everyday talk
Nonresidential parents
Stepfamilies
Stepparent-stepchild relationships

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Communication

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