부모-자녀 의사소통과 청소년 자녀의 자기표현과의 관계 : 일반청소년, 입원청소년을 대상으로 = The Relationship between Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Assertiveness of Adolescent

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The Purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parent-adolescent communication and the adolescent's assertiveness, based on the family system theory and the family communication theory. This information can be utilized as the data of nursing intervention to improve adolescent's assertiveness.
This study used an ex-post-facto design. Data were obtained with self-reports of fathers, mothers and adolescents from 68 "normal" families(204 persons) and 30 "hospitalized" families(90 persons) during the period from Feb. to Aug. 1992.
The research tools of this study are Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale and Assertiveness Rating Scale. The Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale is composed of two subscales-the one measures the degree of openness in family composed and the other assesses the extent of problems in family communication. The Assertiveness Rating Scale is composed of three subscales that include content, paralinguistic and nonverbal assertive behavior characteristics.
In the analysis of this study, Pearson Correlation was used to examine the relationship between Parent-Adolescent Communication and the Adolescent's assertiveness. Paired t-test was used to compare the perceived intrafamily communication differences. T-test was used to compare the differences in the Parent-Adolescent Communication and the degree of assertiveness between those families of the normal adolescents and hospitalized adolescents.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows. Correlation between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent's assertiveness was supported significantly(r=.2842,p<.01). The analysis of the Parent-Adolescent communication data revealed generational differences which adolescents expressed having difficulties in communicating with both parents-especially father. Comparison of the normal and hospitalized groups showed the significant differences in Parent-Adolescent Communication(t=2.2330,p<.05). Communication between the normal adolecsents and their parents was more open and satisfactory. Parents of hospitalized adolescents-especially mothers regarding their adolescent showed significantly the low scores(t=3.8761,p<.001).
Comparison of the two groups showed the significant differences in the degree of assertiveness. Normal adolescents showed more assertiveness and hospitalized adolescents showed communication difficulties with interpersonal relationship.