Couple communication in stepfamilies.

Abstract:

:Effective communication is assumed to help sustain couple relationships and is a key focus of most relationship education programs. We assessed couple problem-solving communication in 65 stepfamily and 52 first-time-marrying couples, with each group stratified into high risk and low risk for relationship problems based on family-of-origin experiences. Relative to partners in first-time couples, partners in stepfamily couples were less positive, less negative, and more likely to withdraw from discussion. Risk was associated with communication in first-time but not stepfamily couples. Stepfamily couples do not exhibit the negative communication evident in high-risk first-time-marrying couples, and available relationship education programs that focus on reducing negative communication are unlikely to meet the needs of stepfamilies.

journal_name

Fam Process

journal_title

Family process

authors

Halford K,Nicholson J,Sanders M

doi

10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00226.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-12-01 00:00:00

pages

471-83

issue

4

eissn

0014-7370

issn

1545-5300

journal_volume

46

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