Parental Influences On Adolescent Media Use

Chaffee, Steven H.; McLeod, Jack M.; Atkin, Charles K.

doi:10.1177/000276427101400304

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“…It seems reasonable to assume that these differences in parental behavior may affect a child's tendency to ask further questions and to probe beyond the immediately available, on television and perhaps elsewhere. This supposition is consistent with Popp's (1982) finding that children of parents with very little formal education tended to ask fewer questions when watching television, and it is also consistent with the finding by Chaffee et al (1971) that children brought up in families that encouraged free inquiry were more likely to have an "informational" orientation to television.…”

Section: Mother: Is That a Plane Or A Helicopter?supporting

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Family Conversations About Television

Messaris

1983

Journal of Family Issues

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This is an examination of two kinds of conversations that parents and children sometimes have about television programs: first, conversations in which parents and children seek and / or exchange information about some aspect of reality portrayed or referred to on television; second, conversations in which family members discuss the appropriateness or inappropriateness of behavior shown or mentioned on television as a model for their own or other people's conduct. Examples taken from an observational study of families watching television in their homes are used to illustrate some of the forms these conversations can take, and, on the basis of these illustrations and of some previous research, speculations are offered about the role such conversations might play in family members' developing relationships to one another and to the “outside” world.

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Section: Mother: Is That a Plane Or A Helicopter?supporting

confidence: 87%

Family Conversations About Television

Messaris

1983

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Two other major approaches to communication have been linked to financial topics: parenting styles (e.g., Baumrind, 1968Baumrind, , 1978Goldscheider, Thornton, & Yang, 2001;Parrott & Bengtson, 1999) and family communication patterns (e.g., Carlson, Grossbart, & Tripp, 1990;Chaffee, McLeod, & Atkin, 1971;Fitzpatrick & Ritchie, 1994;Ritchie, 1991;Ritchie & Fitzpatrick, 1990). Once again, the primary focus has been on consumer socialization.…”

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Imagined interactions, family money management patterns and coalitions, and attitudes toward money and credit

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This study explores the imagined interactions college students have with their parents about money and credit, their attitudes toward credit and money, the ways they say their parents deal with financial decisions, and the communication coalitions regarding finances they perceive existing within their family. Students’ imagined interaction pleasantness is greatest when parents jointly form a plan for paying off credit card debt and lowest when parents argue. When family coalitions exist, students report more frequent imagined interactions. Imagined interaction frequency and pleasantness are related to credit and money attitudes. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007Credit cards, Family differentiation, Imagined interactions, Money management patterns, Parent–teen communication,

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“…Thus, the lack of relationship between partner and relational uncertainty and romantic=sexual relationship topic avoidance may be a function of the type of topic that is avoided by individuals with their siblings. The unique and specific nature of romantic and sexual topics may mean that other factors such as the gender of one's sibling (Guerrero & Afifi, 1995a), sibling relationship satisfaction, and possibly even general family communication patterns (Chaffee, McLeod, & Atkin, 1971;Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 1997) might exert a greater influence on one's decision to avoid or engage in a discussion of this topic compared with general partner and relational uncertainty. As this is the first known exploration of uncertainty as a predictor for romantic=sexual relationship topic avoidance in families, future research should continue to probe these relationships.…”

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Factors Associated with General Partner and Relational Uncertainty within Early Adulthood Sibling Relationships

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Communication Quarterly

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Guided by the theoretical concept of uncertainty, the present study was an exploratory investigation of general partner and relational uncertainty within sibling relationships. Undergraduate and graduate student participants responded to a written survey utilizing scales measuring general partner uncertainty, relational uncertainty, extent of topic avoidance, and various relational and demographic items. Results revealed that siblings experience significantly more partner uncertainty than relational uncertainty, although both uncertainty types were experienced at low to moderate levels. Further, differing levels of partner and relational uncertainty were associated with frequency of sibling contact, but not with sibling dyadic gender composition. Finally, both general partner and relational uncertainty were significant predictors of levels of general topic avoidance, although neither uncertainty type predicted romantic=sexual relationship topic avoidance levels. Theoretical implications for uncertainty management are discussed in light of the unique sibling relationship.

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Parental Influences On Adolescent Media Use

Cited by 169 publications

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Family Conversations About Television

Family Conversations About Television

Imagined interactions, family money management patterns and coalitions, and attitudes toward money and credit

Factors Associated with General Partner and Relational Uncertainty within Early Adulthood Sibling Relationships

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