Barnes, 1985

Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Circumplex Model Howard L. Bames and David H. Olson University of Minnesota, St. Paul BARNES, HOWARD L., and OLSON, DAVID H. Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Circumplex Model. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1985,... More

Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Circumplex Model Howard L. Bames and David H. Olson University of Minnesota, St. Paul BARNES, HOWARD L., and OLSON, DAVID H. Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Circumplex Model. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1985, 56,438-447. This study tested the relationship between parent- adolescent communication and the Circumplex Model of Marital and Eamily Systems. While most studies of the Circumplex Model have focused on problem famihes, this study used fathers, mothers, and adolescents from 426 "normal" families. Eamily scores were developed and used to help describe the type of family system. Because of generational differences in terms of how parents and adolescents perceived their communication, separate analysis was done for each group. It was hypothesized that Balanced families (Circumplex Model) would have more positive parent- adolescent communication than Extreme families. This hypothesis was clearly supported for the parents but not for the adolescen Less