Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation
Facebook has become increasingly integrated into the lives of many families and serves as a platform of communication between family members. In the current study, we investigated how parent-child communication through Facebook plays a role in family relationship. We surveyed 81 undergraduate studen...
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| author | Lim, Jessica Qian Hua |
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| description | Facebook has become increasingly integrated into the lives of many families and serves as a platform of communication between family members. In the current study, we investigated how parent-child communication through Facebook plays a role in family relationship. We surveyed 81 undergraduate students and their parents. Results showed that direct parent-child communication on Facebook and parents’ browsing of children’s profiles did not predict family relationship. However, direct parent-child communication on Facebook and parents’ browsing of children’s profiles increased parent-child face-to-face communication and consequently improved family closeness and reduced family conflict. In addition, family communication orientation moderated the above relationships. Our findings provide important insights on the role of online and offline communication in family development in this digital age. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/658662019-12-10T14:26:56Z Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation Lim, Jessica Qian Hua Qiu Lin School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Facebook has become increasingly integrated into the lives of many families and serves as a platform of communication between family members. In the current study, we investigated how parent-child communication through Facebook plays a role in family relationship. We surveyed 81 undergraduate students and their parents. Results showed that direct parent-child communication on Facebook and parents’ browsing of children’s profiles did not predict family relationship. However, direct parent-child communication on Facebook and parents’ browsing of children’s profiles increased parent-child face-to-face communication and consequently improved family closeness and reduced family conflict. In addition, family communication orientation moderated the above relationships. Our findings provide important insights on the role of online and offline communication in family development in this digital age. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) 2016-01-05T06:02:25Z 2016-01-05T06:02:25Z 2015 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65866 en 80 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Lim, Jessica Qian Hua Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title | Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title_full | Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title_fullStr | Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title_short | Online social networking and family relationships : the role of Facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| title_sort | online social networking and family relationships the role of facebook communication and family communication orientation |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology |
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