Family communication patterns and the conflict styles young adults use with their fathers

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-189

  Dumlao, Rebecca ^a   Botta, Renée A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Conflict styles; Family Communication Patterns; Family dyad; Relational schemata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347606258     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370009385589     Document Type: Article

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