Father-Daughter Relationships: Examining Family Communication Patterns and Interpersonal Communication Satisfaction

Abstract

This study investigated how college-aged daughters' reports of family communication patterns between themselves and their fathers impact fathers' and daughters' interpersonal communication satisfaction with each other. Two hundred seven father-daughter dyads participated in the study using the Revised Family Communication Patterns instrument. Results revealed that conversation but not conformity orientation was associated with both daughters' and fathers' communication satisfaction. The implications of these results for enhancing interpersonal communication satisfaction between fathers and daughters are discussed.

Keywords:

• Communication Satisfaction
• Conformity Orientation
• Conversation Orientation
• Family Communication Patterns
• Father-Daughter Communication

The author would like to thank Dr. Tim Levine for his insights, numerous suggestions, and assistance with the revision of this manuscript. The author also wishes to thank the editor and reviewers for all their comments.

Notes

Note. N = 250.

Note. Items 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 were reverse-coded prior to analysis. For the father version, Items 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 17, and 18 were worded “daughter” instead of “father.”

∗N = 250

^† N = 207

Note. Means with different subscripts are significantly different from each other using Tukey B post-hoc analyses at p < .05.

Note. None of the mean was significantly different with the Tukey B post-hoc analyses at p < .05.

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Notes on contributors

Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter

Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter (PhD, Kent State University, 2002) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University.