Publications

Publication details [#41192]

Caughlin, John P. and Rachel S. Malis. 2004. Demand/Withdraw Communication between Parents and Adolescents as a Correlate of Relational Satisfaction. Communication Reports 17 (2) : 59–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | avoidance language | complaining | social relationship

Place, Publisher

Western States Communication Association

Annotation

This study investigates how satisfaction in parent-adolescent relationships affects the demand/withdraw pattern of communication, in which one person nags or criticizes whereas the other tries to avoid the issue.