Intrafamily Communication and Familial Environment

Abstract

This correlational study investigated the link between parent-adolescent communication and the family environment. The Parent-Adolescent Communication Inventory of Bienvenu, the Family Environment Scale of Moos and Moos, and a demographic questionnaire were administered to 115 students enrolled in a senior high school located in southeast Louisiana. Positive correlations were noted between perceived communication and factors of cohesion, emotional expressiveness, independence, intellectual-cultural orientation, active-recreational orientation, moral-religious emphasis, and organization within the family. Perceived communication correlated negatively with conflict and control. There was no evidence for a correlation between family communication and achievement orientation.