Multichannel communication in normal and delinquent families.
Families containing adjudicated delinquents or nondisturbed adolescents were engaged in a laboratory interaction procedure aimed at assessing inconsistent (nonredundant) verbal-nonverbal communication patterns. Detailed analyses of verbal, facial, and auditory channels indicated higher rates of positive nonverbal, negative verbal communications in control versus delinquent families and in parent-parent versus parent-child interaction. Results are discussed in terms of the potential adaptive characteristics of such "positive inconsistent" communications.
D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005149:Facial Expression; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010287:Parent-Child Relations