Children of Divorce and their Nonresidential Parent's Family

Examining Perceptions of Communication Accommodation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12755579
AutoresRebecca Diverniero (Utah Tech University, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume13
Fascículo4
Páginas301-320
Data de publicação2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1526-7431 • E-ISSN: 1532-7698
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15267431.2013.823429
OpenAlexW2028597216
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas39

Communicating and negotiating boundaries can be a challenge to family members who have experienced a divorce and remarriage. In particular, children and their nonresidential parent's family may potentially manage challenges in their communication as the child transitions into stepfamily life. Centered in the interpretive paradigm and Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), the researcher interviewed 27 children of divorce about their transition into stepfamily life to address how, if at all, they accommodated their communication with the nonresidential parent's family as well as their perceptions of their family's accommodation. The findings highlight the complexity of managing familial roles in the face of change. Implications and directions for future research are also addressed

Accommodation · Developmental psychology · Face (sociological concept · Interpersonal communication · Negotiation · Perception · Remarriage · Sociology · Stepfamily · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology