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Effects of Communication Skills Training on Parents and Young Adolescents From Extreme Family Types
Author(s) -
Riesch Susan K.,
Henriques Jeffrey,
Chanchong Weena
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2003.00162.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , communication skills training , perception , communication skills , family systems , young adult , parent training , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , medical education , neuroscience
PROBLEM What were the effects of a communication skills training intervention among a sample of young adolescents and parents who scored in the “extreme” range of the Circumplex Model of Family Systems? METHODS Thirty‐seven young adolescents and a parent (intervention group) participated in communication skills training 2 hours/week for 6 weeks. Their responses on measures of satisfaction with the family system and perceptions of communication were compared with those of 47 young adolescents and a parent who scored in the extreme range but did not participate in the training (control group). FINDINGS Fathers and young adolescents demonstrated no change as a result of the program. Mothers who participated in skills training perceived communication with their young adolescent as more open than control mothers, but became increasingly dissatisfied with the family system. CONCLUSION This universal, community‐based, family‐focused intervention may not be indicated for extreme families.