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Family Structure, Parent‐Child Communication, and Adolescent Participation in Family Consumer Tasks and Decisions
Author(s) -
Lachance Marie J.,
Legault Frédéric,
Bujold Nérée
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x00292004
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , style (visual arts) , developmental psychology , exploratory research , social psychology , advertising , business , sociology , paleontology , history , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , anthropology , biology
From the theoretical perspective of consumer socialization, this exploratory study examined the single‐parent family context with respect to adolescent participation in family consumer activities. Specifically, the relationships between family structure, parent‐child communication as related to consumer issues, and adolescent participation in family consumer tasks and decisions were studied. Findings confirmed that family structure is related to parent‐child communication and to adolescent participation in tasks and decisions. Social style of parent‐child communication acts as a moderating variable in the relationship between family structure and adolescent participation in family consumer decisions.