MORGAN MURPHY

FAMILY
COMMUNICATION
PATTERNS
FAMILY COMMUNICATION
FAMILY SYSTEMS INTERACT IN DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT MAKE FAMILY MORE THAN JUST A
SUM OF INDIVIDUALS
There is a focus on two categories of interaction within this:
1. The creation of specific rules to guide family communication.
2. The development of more general family themes and identities.
 Family Communication Rules

REGULATIVE RULES CONSTITUTIVE RULES

Describe actions that family Determine meaning to
members are expected to understand messages or
follow. behavior.
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FAMILY Togetherness

THEMES
Athletic
RECURRING ATTITUDES,
BELIEFS, OR OUTLOOKS
SHARED BY THE ENTIRE Academic
FAMILY

Religious
FAMILY IDENTITY
WHEN FAMILY THEMES ARE
PROMINENT AND THE FAMILY
UNIT IS COHESIVE, FAMILY
IDENTITY EMERGES
Examples: Families describing themselves as
"fun-loving,"high-achieving," or "responsible
citizens"

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FAMILY IDENTITY AT WORK
MEASURED IDENTITY SALIENCE
Which is a central concept of identity theory, which proposes that once an individual instills meaning
into any of his/her social roles, that role becomes part of his/her self-concept, or identity. This study
measured Identity Salience in relation to family contentment at the workplace.

FINDINGS
Increases in Family Interference at Work were related to more job distress and less job satisfaction,
but only for those who were low in family identity salience. Higher Family Identity Salience led to
higher job satisfaction, especially in women.

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PARENT COMMUNICATION
IN FAMILY IDENTITY
PARENTS TO CHILDREN
The way parents distribute their time, resources, and attention to
their offspring influence the kinds of adult-sibling relationships that
emerge among their children.

CHILDREN TO THEIR SIBLINGS

When parents are perceived as spending more time with one sibling
over another siblings are not as close with each other as young
adults and family identity is weak.

OVERALL
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their family relationships varies in how they perceive their own and
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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR FAMILY IDENTITY?
HAS IT INFLUENCED YOU IN
ANY WAY?
 BIG IDEA
Family identity influences who we are,
how we communicate with our families,
and how we interact in everyday life.
WORKS CITED
Bagger, J., Li, A., & Gutek, B. A. (2008). How much do you value your family and
does it matter? The joint effects of family identity salience, family-interference-
with-work, and gender. Human Relations,61(2), 187-211.
doi:10.1177/0018726707087784

Phillips, K. E., & Schrodt, P. (2015). Sibling Antagonism and Shared Family
Identity as Mediators of Differential Parental Treatment and Relational
Outcomes in the Sibling Relationship. Western Journal of Communication,79(5),
634-654. doi:10.1080/10570314.2015.1078497

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