TY - JOUR
T1 - Transmitting relational worldviews
T2 - The relationship between mother-daughter memorable messages an adult daughters' romantic relational schemata
AU - Kellas, Jody Koenig
N1 - Funding Information:
Jody Koenig Kellas (Ph.D., University of Washington, 2002) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. This research was supported by a University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Research Council Grant-in-Aid Award funded through a gift from the Jane Roberston Layman Fund. A previous version of this manuscript was presented to the Interpersonal Communication Interest Group at the Western States Communication Association annual meeting in Denver, CO, February, 2008 and received a Top Four Paper Award. I thank Erin Willer for her instrumental assistance on the manuscript, particularly her assistance in developing the inductive coding scheme. I also thank Beth Ribarsky and Elissa Arterburn for their help in coding the data. Correspondence: Jody Koenig Kellas, Department of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 428 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588–0329; E-mail: [email protected].
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - This study investigates memorable messages that daughters report hearing from their mothers about romantic relationships to examine the development of meaning in the content of parent-child communication and the ways in which these messages may affect and reflect adult daughters' relational worldviews. Findings from a study involving 149 adult daughters revealed 4 supra-categories of memorable messages: value self, characteristics of a good relationship, warnings, and value the sanctity of love. Moreover, statistical analyses reveal that memorable message types significantly related to daughter'sromantic relationship schemata as operationalized by Fitzptarick's (1988) couple types. Both message and couple type predicted intergenerational transmission.
AB - This study investigates memorable messages that daughters report hearing from their mothers about romantic relationships to examine the development of meaning in the content of parent-child communication and the ways in which these messages may affect and reflect adult daughters' relational worldviews. Findings from a study involving 149 adult daughters revealed 4 supra-categories of memorable messages: value self, characteristics of a good relationship, warnings, and value the sanctity of love. Moreover, statistical analyses reveal that memorable message types significantly related to daughter'sromantic relationship schemata as operationalized by Fitzptarick's (1988) couple types. Both message and couple type predicted intergenerational transmission.
KW - Family Communication
KW - Intergenerational Transmission
KW - Memorable Messages
KW - Mother-Daughter Communication
KW - Relational Schemata
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U2 - 10.1080/01463373.2010.525700
DO - 10.1080/01463373.2010.525700
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957911913
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 58
SP - 458
EP - 479
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -