TY - JOUR
T1 - A Closer Look at Young Adult-Parent Relationships
T2 - Examining Demand/Withdraw Patterns and Communication Competence
AU - LaFreniere, Jenna R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Western States Communication Association.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - This study tested young adults’ perceptions of their parents’ communication competence as a mediating variable in the relationship between their demand/withdraw patterns and closeness with each parent. Participants included 280 young adult children. Bootstrapping analyses revealed that perceptions of each parent’s communication competence functioned as an important explanatory mechanism linking the adverse effects of parents and young adults engaging in demand/withdraw interactions and parent-young adult closeness. This finding underscores the significance of healthy relational communication between parents and older children and perceptions of parents’ ability to communicate in ways that display clarity, appropriateness, and effectiveness. Implications are provided.
AB - This study tested young adults’ perceptions of their parents’ communication competence as a mediating variable in the relationship between their demand/withdraw patterns and closeness with each parent. Participants included 280 young adult children. Bootstrapping analyses revealed that perceptions of each parent’s communication competence functioned as an important explanatory mechanism linking the adverse effects of parents and young adults engaging in demand/withdraw interactions and parent-young adult closeness. This finding underscores the significance of healthy relational communication between parents and older children and perceptions of parents’ ability to communicate in ways that display clarity, appropriateness, and effectiveness. Implications are provided.
KW - Communication Competence
KW - Demand/Withdraw
KW - Family
KW - Young Adults
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091509797&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08934215.2020.1817517
DO - 10.1080/08934215.2020.1817517
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091509797
VL - 33
SP - 161
EP - 173
JO - Communication Reports
JF - Communication Reports
SN - 0893-4215
IS - 3
ER -