ABSTRACT For 50 years, researchers have used family communication patterns theory (FCPT) to examine the associations among conversation and conformity orientations and a variety of family member outcomes. Despite the explanatory breadth of this general theory, however, researchers have yet to empirically test whether or not family communication patterns (FCPs) are transmitted from one generation to the next. In this study, we sought to advance FCPT by testing the intergenerational transmission of FCPs across two generations of family. Participants included 188 grandparent-parent-grandchild triads from the southern region of the United States. Results indicated that grandparent conversation and conformity orientations predict both parent and grandchild conversation and conformity orientations. Consistent with the intergenerational transmission of FCPs, indirect effects of grandparent FCPs emerged for the grandchild’s FCPs through the parent’s FCPs.

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家庭沟通模式的代际传播：两代家庭的对话和顺从性方面的（不一致）

摘要五十年来，研究人员一直使用家庭沟通模式理论（FCPT）来研究谈话和顺从性取向以及各种家庭成员结局之间的关联。尽管该通用理论具有解释性的广度，但是研究人员还没有通过经验检验家庭沟通模式（FCP）是否从一代传给了下一代。在这项研究中，我们试图通过测试跨两代家庭的FCP的代际传播来推进FCPT。参加者包括来自美国南部地区的188个祖父母/外祖父母/孙子女三合会。结果表明，祖父母的对话和顺从取向可以预测父母和孙子的对话和顺从取向。