This study examined how openness in family communication patterns relates to attitudes and behaviors of college‐aged children using a sample of 133 students and their parents. Parents and children reported similar perceptions of the openness of their family's communication and attitudes about sexuality and alcohol use. While attitudes did not predict behavior, the more families discussed these topics, the greater the likelihood that students acted safely regarding sex and alcohol.
Communication Quarterly
Volume 46, 1998 - Issue 3
![Sample our Communication Studies journals, sign in here to start your access, 2013 & 2014 volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5927/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Information-Science2.jpg"})
Reprints and Corporate Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:
Academic Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:
If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.
Related Research Data
Adolescents' Perceptions of Friends' and Parents' Influence on Aspects of their School Adjustment
Source:
SAGE Publications
Family Communication Environments and Rule-Based Social Control of Adolescents' Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Measuring Intrapersonal Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships
Source:
SAGE Publications
Talk about "hooking up": the influence of college student social networks on nonrelationship sex.
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Testing a mediational model of the effect of family communication patterns on student perceptions of the impact of the college transition through social communication apprehension
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Drinking in College: Consumption Patterns, Problems, Sex Differences and Legal Drinking Age*
Source:
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
Adult liaison in the “epidemic” of “teenage” birth, pregnancy, and venereal disease
Source:
Informa UK Limited
A behavioral‐ecological model of adolescent sexual development: A template for aids prevention
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Toward an Integration of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Models of Marital and Family Communication
Source:
SAGE Publications
Friends talk to friends about drinking: exploring the role of peer communication in the theory of normative social behavior.
Source:
Informa UK Limited
The role of family communication in individual health attitudes and behaviors concerning diet and physical activity.
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Sex differences and nonadditivity in heritability of the multidimensional personality questionnaire scales
Source:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sources of Information and Adolescent Sexual Knowledge and Behavior
Source:
SAGE Publications
Patterns of Interaction in Family Relationships and the Development of Identity Exploration in Adolescence
Source:
JSTOR
An exploratory study of parent-child communication about sex and the sexual attitudes of early, middle, and late adolescents.
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Predicting adolescents' intentions to smoke cigarettes.
Source:
SAGE Publications
A Meta-Analytical Review of Family Communication Patterns and their Associations with Information Processing, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Outcomes
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Adolescent-Parent Separation
Source:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Attitudes and health behavior in diverse populations: Drunk driving, alcohol use, binge eating, marijuana use, and cigarette use.
Source:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Family communication patterns, sex of subject, and communication competence
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Individual changes in sexual attitudes and behavior within college‐level human sexuality courses
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Patterns of condom use among adolescents: the impact of mother-adolescent communication.
Source:
American Public Health Association
Sources of sex information and premarital sexual behavior
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Exploring the Influence of Family Communication Patterns, Cognitive Complexity, and Interpersonal Competence on Adolescent Risk Behaviors
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Family Communication Patterns and Support Seeking
Source:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Nonverbal communication between parents and adolescents: A study of approach and avoidance behaviors
Source:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Being open with your mouth shut: the meaning of ‘openness’ in family communication about sexuality
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Some things are better left unsaid: Topic avoidance in family relationships
Source:
Informa UK Limited
A scale for the comparison of the sexual attitudes of adolescents and their parents.
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Family Education to Enhance the Moral Atmosphere of the Family and the Moral Development of Adolescents.
Source:
American Psychological Association (APA)
The influence of alcohol-specific communication on adolescent alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences.
Source:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Linking provided by
