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Interpersonal Communication Motives, Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Father-Young Adult Daughter Relationships

Heeman, Vanessa C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227772329

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2008, MA, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information / School of Communication Studies.
This study examined interpersonal communication motives, communication satisfaction, relational satisfaction, and psychological well-being in the father-young adult daughter relationships. The main purpose of the study was to see whether communication and/or relational satisfaction mediated a connection between interpersonal communication motives and psychological well-being. Young adult daughters (n = 223) ranging in age from 18-24 provided self-reports of their interpersonal communication motives for talking with their fathers, their communication and relational satisfaction with their fathers, and their own level of psychological well-being. Results revealed that neither communication nor relational satisfaction mediated a relationship between interpersonal communication motives and psychological well-being. Nevertheless, a significant connection between young adult daughters’ interpersonal communication motives and their psychological well-being was revealed. There was also a significant relationship between young adult daughters’ communication satisfaction with their fathers and their psychological well-being. Overall, the findings suggested that communication exchanges between fathers and young adult daughters have a powerful influence on young adult daughters’ psychological well-being. Contributions and limitations of the investigation are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
Nichole Egbert, PhD (Advisor)
130 p.
Communication
interpersonal communication motives; communication satisfaction; relational satisfaction; psychological well-being; father-daughter communication; father-daughter relationships

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  • Heeman, V. C. (2008). Interpersonal Communication Motives, Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Father-Young Adult Daughter Relationships [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227772329

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Heeman, Vanessa. Interpersonal Communication Motives, Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Father-Young Adult Daughter Relationships. 2008. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227772329.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Heeman, Vanessa. "Interpersonal Communication Motives, Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Father-Young Adult Daughter Relationships." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227772329

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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