Publications

Publication details [#41189]

Ebesu, Amy S. and Michelle Mazur. 2004. "Is There Something I Should Know?": Topic Avoidant Responses in Parent-Adolescent Communication. Communication Reports 17 (1) : 27–39.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | communication | question | response | topic change

Place, Publisher

Western States Communication Association

Annotation

This paper investigates the responses of late-adolescents' to direct requests of their parents for information regarding a topic that the adolescent attempts to avoid.