title: [Self-assertion communication in the family].
abstract: The present research was aimed at studying the familiar triads (adolescent child-father-mother). The familiar dynamics was approached by empathic skills at intrapersonal level and by communication patterns among the family members at interpersonal level. Empathic skills were evaluated by the Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index and by the Mehrabian and Epstein Empathy Questionnaire, while communication patterns were evaluated by the Consensus Rorschach test. Modeling a familiar problem-solving situation with the Consensus Rorschach test, we focused on the self-assertion capabilities of the family members in the communication process. This self-assertion was not qualified as positive or negative phenomenon, rather its intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships with empathy and communication styles were evaluated. The present results show a positive correlation of self-assertion with cooperative communication and a negative correlation with blocking communication. It is also shown that at interpersonal level, the self-assertion tendencies of the child are negatively correlated to the emphatic skills of family members.
authors.affiliation: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Juhász Gyula Tanŕképzo Foiskolai Kar, Pszichológia Tanszék. kaga@jgytf.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kádár
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004645:Empathy; D005201:Fantasy; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012392:Rorschach Test; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires