Thesis (M. S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Felecia F. Jordan-Jackson, Florida State University, College of Communication, Dept. of Communication. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 15, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 83 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

De acordo com uma perspectiva sociocultural, é no contexto das conversações em que os pais relembram com a criança as suas experiências que esta aprende um modo de avaliar e de lidar com as experiências que envolvem emoções, e desenvolve uma compreensão de si mesma. O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar a influência da conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções na maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com esse tipo de experiência. A amostra foi constituída por 189 famílias de classe média com um filho com idade de 10 a 13 anos. Foram realizados três estudos: o primeiro objetivou conhecer o espaço de conversação familiar e nele, o lugar das experiências envolvendo emoções; já o segundo e o terceiro estudos enfocaram a maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com experiências envolvendo emoções, cujo acesso se obteve por meio de narrativas ficcionais e de narrativas autobiográficas, respectivamente. Os resultados mostraram que a maioria dos pré-adolescentes costuma compartilhar suas experiências em casa com a família e que as emoções conduzem a esse tipo de conversação. Em comparação com os pré-adolescentes que não costumam conversar em casa sobre suas experiências, aqueles que têm esse costume desenvolveram mais as habilidades para lidar com situações que envolvem raiva, para selecionar experiências self-relevantes e as encaixar em uma linha de continuidade, e também apresentaram um maior conhecimento sobre o próprio self. Esses resultados indicam que a conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções é um contexto que favorece o desenvolvimento de estratégias de regulação e da coerência na narrativa autobiográfica. Considerando que a narrativa autobiográfica reflete o grau de integração do self, pode-se dizer ainda que esse contexto forma uma base para o desenvolvimento da identidade que virá a seguir, na adolescência. / From a sociocultural perspective, it is through conversations in which parents reminisce their children‟s experiences that the latter learn how to evaluate and deal with their own emotional experiences and to better understand themselves. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of family conversations on emotions, with a focus on the way preadolescents deal with this type of experience. The sample comprised 189 middle-class families with one son or daughter aged 10 to 13 years. Three investigations were conducted: 1) the first one aimed to describe the context of conversational interaction and the place occupied by emotions within such conversations; the second and third studies focused on the way preadolescents deal with emotional experiences, based on the analysis of fictional and autobiographical narratives, respectively. The results showed that most preadolescents share their experiences with their families and that emotions usually lead to this type of conversation. A comparison between preadolescents who did not talk about their experiences at home and those who did showed that the latter were more able to develop abilities to deal with situations involving anger and to select self-relevant experiences and fit them into a line of continuity; also, preadolescents who shared their emotional experiences presented an improved knowledge of their own selves. These results suggest that family conversation about emotional experiences promote the development of emotions regulation strategies and improve the coherence of autobiographical narratives. Moreover, if we take into consideration that autobiographical narratives provide information on the level of integrated self, it is possible to infer that family conversations about emotional experiences form the basis for identity development in the subsequent adolescence years.

The degree work deals with the parents of pre-maturely-born children. The part dedicated to theory handles the issue of the immaturity of prematurely-born children including the latest trends in nursing the given children. The other issue tackled in this part is the family and its specifics concerning a prematurely-born child and the choices of how to enhance the family. This part also focuses on the communication with and the expertise of people working in the field involved in the care of premature children and their parents. The target of the work has been to discover and reflect upon what the mothers of prematurely-born children are experiencing, what needs they may have in the field of communication with and expertise of the healthcare staff and to define what enhancing therapy interventions are at the disposal of parents while their children are hospitalized. To achieve the targets of my work, quality research has been conducted and the method employed was asking questions and a semi-standardized interviewing technique of the mothers of prematurely-born children and the people working in the field. In addition, the document?s contents analysis was completed. The research files were formulated by the people working in the field from the obstetric facility ?The Institute for Mother and Child Care? and by the mothers of prematurely-born children who gave birth at the above healthcare facility. Another intention of the research was to confront the views of mothers of prematurely-born children with the approach of the people working in the field. Resultant from the analysis of the above testimonies, hypotheses have been inferred. The work points out the necessity of a tender approach, of providing emotional support and also empathetic communication from the side of the healthcare staff. Further, the healthcare staff should be trained on how to provide timely-crisis enhancement to the parents. The expertise of the staff is also important in providing the complex follow-up mental and social support to the parents. The outcomes of the degree work may be applied as a feedback for the particular healthcare facility and/or generally to improve the care quality for parents of prematurely-born children.

abstract: The current study employs dyadic data analysis to explore the intrapersonal and interpersonal antecedents of sexual communication in romantic relationships. Working from a family relational schema theoretical framework (family communication patterns [FCPs]; see Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2002a), it is argued that FCPs within individuals’ family of origin structure their relational schema, which is subsequently associated with their openness and quality of sexual communication in their sexually active romantic relationships. In particular, dyadic data procedures are used to explore the interdependent influence of partners’ FCPs on reported sexual communication. It was predicted that individual (actor effects) and partner (partner effects) reports of FCPs are associated with individuals’ reports of sexual communication within romantic relationships. In addition, alternative models were proposed that predicted FCPs are associated with individuals’ self-schema (i.e., general and sexual self-concept), which is in turn associated with sexual communication. A sample of 216 heterosexual romantic dyads (N = 432) participated in a cross-sectional online questionnaire study. Results from path analyses provide partial support for hypotheses. Specifically, individuals from conversationally-oriented families tended to report higher levels of sexual communication in their romantic relationships. Also, the interaction effect between conversation and conformity orientations indicate that dyads tend to engage in more sexual communication when dyadic partners are from pluralistic families (i.e., high conversation, low conformity), and they engage in less sexual communication when partners are from laissez-faire families (i.e., low conversation, low conformity). Furthermore, FCPs were associated with the general and sexual self-concept (i.e., general self-esteem, general social anxiety, sexual self-esteem, and sexual anxiety), which in turn were associated with sexual communication. This study is important for its contribution to the family, interpersonal, and relational communication literature, as well as for its potential to expand Koerner and Fitzpatrick’s (2002a) theory of family relational schema to more domain-specific areas of communication, like sexual communication. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Communication Studies 2016

De acordo com uma perspectiva sociocultural, é no contexto das conversações em que os pais relembram com a criança as suas experiências que esta aprende um modo de avaliar e de lidar com as experiências que envolvem emoções, e desenvolve uma compreensão de si mesma. O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar a influência da conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções na maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com esse tipo de experiência. A amostra foi constituída por 189 famílias de classe média com um filho com idade de 10 a 13 anos. Foram realizados três estudos: o primeiro objetivou conhecer o espaço de conversação familiar e nele, o lugar das experiências envolvendo emoções; já o segundo e o terceiro estudos enfocaram a maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com experiências envolvendo emoções, cujo acesso se obteve por meio de narrativas ficcionais e de narrativas autobiográficas, respectivamente. Os resultados mostraram que a maioria dos pré-adolescentes costuma compartilhar suas experiências em casa com a família e que as emoções conduzem a esse tipo de conversação. Em comparação com os pré-adolescentes que não costumam conversar em casa sobre suas experiências, aqueles que têm esse costume desenvolveram mais as habilidades para lidar com situações que envolvem raiva, para selecionar experiências self-relevantes e as encaixar em uma linha de continuidade, e também apresentaram um maior conhecimento sobre o próprio self. Esses resultados indicam que a conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções é um contexto que favorece o desenvolvimento de estratégias de regulação e da coerência na narrativa autobiográfica. Considerando que a narrativa autobiográfica reflete o grau de integração do self, pode-se dizer ainda que esse contexto forma uma base para o desenvolvimento da identidade que virá a seguir, na adolescência. / From a sociocultural perspective, it is through conversations in which parents reminisce their children‟s experiences that the latter learn how to evaluate and deal with their own emotional experiences and to better understand themselves. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of family conversations on emotions, with a focus on the way preadolescents deal with this type of experience. The sample comprised 189 middle-class families with one son or daughter aged 10 to 13 years. Three investigations were conducted: 1) the first one aimed to describe the context of conversational interaction and the place occupied by emotions within such conversations; the second and third studies focused on the way preadolescents deal with emotional experiences, based on the analysis of fictional and autobiographical narratives, respectively. The results showed that most preadolescents share their experiences with their families and that emotions usually lead to this type of conversation. A comparison between preadolescents who did not talk about their experiences at home and those who did showed that the latter were more able to develop abilities to deal with situations involving anger and to select self-relevant experiences and fit them into a line of continuity; also, preadolescents who shared their emotional experiences presented an improved knowledge of their own selves. These results suggest that family conversation about emotional experiences promote the development of emotions regulation strategies and improve the coherence of autobiographical narratives. Moreover, if we take into consideration that autobiographical narratives provide information on the level of integrated self, it is possible to infer that family conversations about emotional experiences form the basis for identity development in the subsequent adolescence years.

abstract: In order to adapt to a new culture and new language, children of immigrant families are faced daily with the responsibility of being the intermediaries between the family and the host culture through their language proficiency (Weisskirch & Alva, 2002). This thesis looks into the experiences of English-Spanish bilingual children as they bridge the gap between the family and the non-Spanish speaking community through their interpreting/translating skills. With an emphasis on children of Mexican-origin, the goal is to further understand and illuminate how these children manage this communication in an adult society, their feelings and thoughts about their experiences, and the child's perceptions about the influence that this experience may or may not have on their future. A sample of seventeen children agreed to participate in a semi-structured face-to-face interview to share their experiences. The data from these interviews were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach (Braun & Clarke, 2006). A priori themes of circumstantial bilingual and adaptive parentification were the initial focus of the research while being open to emerging themes. The children's accounts of their experiences indicated primarily that the Mexican-origin values of familism and respeto (respect) were a significant influence on them when they interpreted/translated for their family. With these traditional cultural values and norms as the groundwork, the sub-themes of normalcy and stress emerged as supportive elements of the circumstantial bilingual experience. Furthermore, the theme of adaptive parentification and the sub-themes of choice, expectation/responsibility to assist, and equality to parents offered further insight on how adaptive parentification can result as the roles of these children change. There was an emergent theme, identity negotiation, which increases our understanding of what the circumstantial bilingual child encounters as the attempt is made to negotiate his identity as an individual who has to mediate language between two opposing cultures. Due to the language brokering responsibility that are bestowed upon these children, it is concluded that communicative support by the parents is a necessary component of the parent-child relationship in order to nurture and develop these children as they negotiate and create their identity to become the successful leaders of tomorrow. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Communication Studies 2013

De acordo com uma perspectiva sociocultural, é no contexto das conversações em que os pais relembram com a criança as suas experiências que esta aprende um modo de avaliar e de lidar com as experiências que envolvem emoções, e desenvolve uma compreensão de si mesma. O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar a influência da conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções na maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com esse tipo de experiência. A amostra foi constituída por 189 famílias de classe média com um filho com idade de 10 a 13 anos. Foram realizados três estudos: o primeiro objetivou conhecer o espaço de conversação familiar e nele, o lugar das experiências envolvendo emoções; já o segundo e o terceiro estudos enfocaram a maneira do pré-adolescente lidar com experiências envolvendo emoções, cujo acesso se obteve por meio de narrativas ficcionais e de narrativas autobiográficas, respectivamente. Os resultados mostraram que a maioria dos pré-adolescentes costuma compartilhar suas experiências em casa com a família e que as emoções conduzem a esse tipo de conversação. Em comparação com os pré-adolescentes que não costumam conversar em casa sobre suas experiências, aqueles que têm esse costume desenvolveram mais as habilidades para lidar com situações que envolvem raiva, para selecionar experiências self-relevantes e as encaixar em uma linha de continuidade, e também apresentaram um maior conhecimento sobre o próprio self. Esses resultados indicam que a conversação familiar sobre experiências envolvendo emoções é um contexto que favorece o desenvolvimento de estratégias de regulação e da coerência na narrativa autobiográfica. Considerando que a narrativa autobiográfica reflete o grau de integração do self, pode-se dizer ainda que esse contexto forma uma base para o desenvolvimento da identidade que virá a seguir, na adolescência. / From a sociocultural perspective, it is through conversations in which parents reminisce their children‟s experiences that the latter learn how to evaluate and deal with their own emotional experiences and to better understand themselves. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of family conversations on emotions, with a focus on the way preadolescents deal with this type of experience. The sample comprised 189 middle-class families with one son or daughter aged 10 to 13 years. Three investigations were conducted: 1) the first one aimed to describe the context of conversational interaction and the place occupied by emotions within such conversations; the second and third studies focused on the way preadolescents deal with emotional experiences, based on the analysis of fictional and autobiographical narratives, respectively. The results showed that most preadolescents share their experiences with their families and that emotions usually lead to this type of conversation. A comparison between preadolescents who did not talk about their experiences at home and those who did showed that the latter were more able to develop abilities to deal with situations involving anger and to select self-relevant experiences and fit them into a line of continuity; also, preadolescents who shared their emotional experiences presented an improved knowledge of their own selves. These results suggest that family conversation about emotional experiences promote the development of emotions regulation strategies and improve the coherence of autobiographical narratives. Moreover, if we take into consideration that autobiographical narratives provide information on the level of integrated self, it is possible to infer that family conversations about emotional experiences form the basis for identity development in the subsequent adolescence years.

This study presents the process of creating a performance ethnography of my family’s narratives about familial chronic illness and disability. I label this process performing narrative medicine. By documenting and granularly analyzing the process of my performance ethnography, the following chapters provide a step-by-step discussion of how families communicate about chronic illness/disability through storytelling and humor, and how/what performance does as a method, metaphor and object of study to further our current communicative practices and understandings of chronic illness and disability in families. I argue that performing narrative medicine is a heuristic for families living with chronic illness and disability, and a method that may be used and applied outside the context of my own family. The chapters in my dissertation directly address the following questions: How does my performance work as embodied knowledge to gain greater understanding of the lived experience of familial disability/chronic illness? How does the use of humor as a communicative construct, and performance ethnography work as a practice of “performing narrative medicine?” What are our scholarly stakes in performing narrative? How too might binding narrative medicine to performance inform how we do qualitative research? How do the respective motions of narrative medicine and research practices/principles of performance ethnography converge and cross-fertilize each other? Does a work like narrative medicine endow storytelling and performance with a consequentiality? This performance ethnography of familial disability and chronic illness contributes to understandings of families dealing with chronic illness/disability, extends narrative medicine as a theoretical construct, and speaks to a long tradition of the practice of performance ethnography. Overall, performing narrative medicine reveals the underlying communication competencies at work in families living with chronic illness and disability. Through the use of humor and performance as a communication practice, I reveal the power of empathy. The power in realizing our own human capacities to relate to one another across differences, and continue the work of “living well.” This dissertation emphasizes the power of performance to constitute alternative ways of performing and understanding familial chronic illness, by emphasizing the work of creating, implementing and studying performance.

This diploma thesis draws attention to the issue of communication between school and family and tries to not only teach the communication, but also to find the state of communication between family and school at a particular workplace. The aim of the theoretical part was to clarify the concept of education with an emphasis on educational activities at school. It stands that the family, as an indispensable part, is crucial in communication relation to the pupil. The current school concept is discussed and the key competencies related to communication are mentioned.A special chapter is devoted to the pupil and the specifics of his personality during adolescence. Furthermore, in the theoretical part, a special chapter is dedicated to the teacher as one of the important partners in the communication between the school and the family. The last chapter of the theoretical part is dedicated to communication. In the practical part of the diploma thesis, we find out what is the opinion about the communication in the given school, the pupils side as well as the family's side. There were assumptions made about the state and needs of communication between the school and the family. This was determined by the method of quantitative exploration. In conclusion, the results are evaluated.

Family communication has the potential to affect a variety of youth behavioral outcomes including adolescent sexual risk behavior. Within chapter 1, I present past literature on adolescent sexual risk behaviors, family communication patterns, and the gaps associated with those areas. In chapter 2, I review previous literature on adolescent sexual risk behavior, parent-child communication and family communication patterns. In chapter 3, I present the method which includes a description of the participants, procedures, measures, and data analysis used. In Chapter 4, I present the results of the study. According to the results of the study, father-child communication is not a better predictor of adolescent sexual risk behavior. A higher quantity of parent-child communication does not lead to less adolescent sexual risk behavior. Participants with a pluralistic family type do significantly differ from laissez-faire and protective family types in regards to levels of parent-child communication. Participants with a consensual family type do have significantly higher levels of parent-child communication in comparison to laissez-faire family types, but not protective family types. Finally, in chapter 5, I present the discussion with a review of previous research (consistent or inconsistent with the current findings), limitations and conclusions for the current study.