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Aspects of Communication in Families with Young Children
Author(s) -
HUBBELL ROBERT D.,
BYRNE MARGARET C.,
STACHOWIAK JAMES
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1974.00215.x
Subject(s) - developmental psychology , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , pathological , interpretation (philosophy) , medicine , linguistics , pathology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
The subjects for this study were 16, non‐pathological, four‐person families, each with a child three or four years old and a child six or seven. Half the children were male and half female. The interactions studied involved both parents with one child and then with the other. The content of each remark was studied through a system of language‐usage categories. This analysis indicated that older children sent and received a wider variety of messages than younger children did. Also, female children received a higher ratio of positive feedback to negative feedback from parents than males did. Who talks to whom, and who talks the most were also studied. These measures showed the formation of strong same‐sex coalitions between parent and child. A number of the findings support a general systems interpretation of family interaction.