title: Parental communication deviance: its relationship to parent, child, and family system variables.
abstract: Audiotape recordings of family interaction samples from 30 nondistressed and 32 multiproblem families were coded for communication deviance (CD). Maternal CD was found to be higher in families high on measures of "preschizophrenic" child behavior, externalizing or "acting out" offspring behavior, overall family distress, and maladaptive marital and family alliance structures. Paternal CD was found to be higher in families in which offspring were rated high on externalizing behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1563.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Velligan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014705:Verbal Behavior