My Family Communication

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This section of the paper will explain in detail about the method and procedures that will be done in the future experiment. Recruitment strategy and criteria will be presented for participants.

As we know families as always changing and so are the dynamics. Communication is a transactional process that is changing over time. Two central scopes of family behavior are adaptability and cohesion. Each is divided into four levels to create 16 combinations. Overtime it has changed to fit into cohesion, adaptability and communication.

There are two main elements that are used when measuring communication within families. The first one being conversation orientation, the degree to which families create a communication environment in which all family members are encouraged to participate in unrestrained interaction about a wide range of topics (Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2002b). Families who

People from different backgrounds may use and/or interpret communication methods in different ways because every family has their own way of communicating together. For example: some children might hear or speak more than one language at home or they could hear others swearing. This can affect children’s communication and how they communicate as adults.

* Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care context:

Alexis would benefit with continued exploration of contributors to her depression. Alexis does not have a relationship with her biological father. Alexis believes this contributes greatly to her poor self-esteem and self-worth. It will be important for Alexis to find resolution with this. Improving the communication with her mother and her mother’s fiancé will be important as the they become a blended family. Alexis has identified concerns about how her mother’s fiancé communicates his feelings of frustration and anger, stating it triggers how she was communicated to with her mother’s x-husband. In the past Alexis has struggled with the expectations and standards her mother has established; therefore, it will be important for Alexis

Family Vision: For Tina comply with parental directives/rules, learn how to express feelings appropriately, improve decision making skills and improve relationship among family members.

Growing up my father was a very hard working man. He was the breadwinner , and worked

My immediate family consists of myself, my little sister, my little brother, my dad, and my mom. My sister, Julia, is thirteen years old. She and I are very different, as she loves to perform and be the center of attention. Julia loves to dance, sing, act, and play volleyball. She is very dramatic and always seems to be trying to pick a fight. Julia is also very pretty! My brother, Aidan, is nine years old. He is very friendly and excitable, without being annoying. He loves to play sports, basketball being his favorite, and loves to play video games. I love to spend time with my brother; I get along much better with him than I do with my sister. I believe it is because we have more similar interests and more similar personalities. My dad recently turned fifty years old! Like my brother, I am more similar to my dad personality wise. He works at his own law firm and attempts to spend as much time with our family as possible. He comes home late on week days, but keeps the weekends free, and will always leave work early in order to catch one of my sibling’s games. My mom is forty-nine and is more similar to Julia, which is probably why they clash so much! My mom is very loud and outgoing around people she knows, and loves to have fun. She works a part-time job as an assistant teacher for Special Ed children and Hicksville

In a study done with hundreds of college students, they were asked what relationships were most important to them. 47% answered romantic partner, 36% answered a friendship, and 14% answered a family member. (Adler, 302) From this study, you can conclude that most of our relationships that mean the most are our romantic relationships, but why? Romantic relationships are the most complicated because intimacy, gender, culture, and social media. In friendships you worry about types of friendships, gender, and social media. In family relationships there are patterns of communication, effective communication, and creating a family through good communication.

My interpersonal skills, accelerated to a level of advancement as my responsibilities were centered on verbally engaging patients and their families regarding health issues. To gain an accurate picture of health status I had to utilize persuasive communication to skillfully abstract needed information during the triage process. On occasions, I had to concisely, communicate information with patients and/or families regarding health status and at times that was very uncomfortable. I remember on two occasions I had to accompany the physician in relaying news of the termination of life concerning family members and then was given the task of comforting the families until the hospital clergy arrived.

Communication is a vital part of everyday life. Without communication we would not be allowed to express feelings, needs or even wants. Communication is more complicated than just speaking to one another. Some families suffer from the lack of communication and it is most important to keep a good communication flow through families.

My family happens to be deeply religious, conservative and often closed minded about certain aspects of life. In other words, everything that they tend to support and believe in as a family unit, tends to be something I can not personally agree with. As anyone can imagine, this has deeply affected my interpersonal relationship with my family in a negative impact. As an adult, I have come to my own conclusions about my personal beliefs about life and what those entail for myself. These beliefs are usually the exact opposite of what I grew up with, much to the disappointment of my family which has created a deep divide between us. This has probably affected my relationship with my father the most, as he has always been the most outspoken about his disappointment.

Communication in family plays a pivotal role to convey the feeling and thought process of the family members. Verbal and non-verbal communication between family members is called family communication (Epstein, Bishop, Ryan, Miller, & Keitner, (1993)). Communication not only involves talking but it also involves listening to others. It creates closeness among family members and allows them to share their feelings towards each other. Effective communication is a foundation to healthy relationship whereas poor communication can lead to family issues like divorces, conflict in families, weakening of relationships, depression and isolation. According to Lubinski, communication is critical for older adults