This study is an examination of Black and Hispanic college-age women's self-reports of their perception of the communication with their mothers and how this communication influenced them. Most of the literature reported in the review analyzes the influence that parents have on their children based on the way they convey messages and interact with them. The method used to collect the data for this study was focus group interviews. Results indicated that mothers clearly had topics that they emphasized (i.e. discussed with their daughters) and those that they did not discuss for various reasons. Topics such as academics and work ethic were frequently discussed, while sports and sex were not. Both sets of topics, those discussed the most and least appeared to have influenced the daughters. A self-disclosure scale revealed that most daughters reported medium to high self-disclosure, and being influenced in some way by their mothers. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Communication in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2005. / Date of Defense: June 29, 2005. / Influence, mothers, interpersonal, commuication, family, hispanic, Black, daughters, self disclosure / Includes bibliographical references. / Felecia Jordan-Jackson, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Marilyn J. Young, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Davis W. Houck, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168090 |
| Contributors | Alvarez, Wilfredo (authoraut), Jordan-Jackson, Felecia (professor co-directing thesis), Young, Marilyn J. (professor co-directing thesis), Houck, Davis W. (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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