Parents' Communication Skills and Adolescents' Salivary α-Amylase and Cortisol Response Patterns

被引:32
作者
Afifi, Tamara D. [1 ]
Granger, Douglas A. [2 ]
Denes, Amanda [1 ]
Joseph, Andrea [1 ]
Aldeis, Desiree [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Commun, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Ctr Interdisciplinary Salivary Biosci Res, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
关键词
Interparental Conflict; Social Support; Communication Competence; Disclosure; Salivary Alpha-Amylase; Cortisol; Physiology; Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis; Sympathetic Nervous System; INTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS; HUMAN AFFECTION EXCHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; EMOTIONAL SECURITY; MARITAL CONFLICT; FEELING CAUGHT; STRESS; ASSOCIATIONS; REACTIVITY; ADULTS;
D O I
10.1080/03637751.2011.589460
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
The primary goal of this study was to examine patterns or groupings of adolescents' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) (measured through cortisol) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) (measured through salivary alpha amylase or sAA) responses as a function of their parents' communication skills. A related goal was to decipher whether adolescents who demonstrate different patterns of physiological reactivity vary in their personal and relational health. The sample consisted of 118 parent-adolescent dyads who were asked to talk about something stressful related to the parents' relationship. The results revealed that adolescents' perceptions of their parent's communication skills predicted the likelihood that the adolescents would overreact, show no reaction, or down regulate in response to such a discussion, but only for sAA. All of the communication skills in question-social support, communication competence, feeling caught between the parents' conflict, and inappropriate disclosures-supported the hypothesis that adolescents with parents who they think are more communicatively skilled are better able to recover from a stressful interaction than adolescents whose parents are less skilled. Adolescents who were considered "overreactors" in sAA also had more negative health indices, somewhat lower psychological well-being, and poorer quality relationships with their parents.
引用
收藏
页码:273 / 295
页数:23
相关论文
共 54 条
[1]   Adolescents' Avoidance Tendencies and Physiological Reactions to Discussions about Their Parents' Relationship: Implications for Postdivorce and Nondivorced Families [J].
Afifi, T. D. ;
Afifi, W. A. ;
Morse, C. R. ;
Hamrick, K. .
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS, 2008, 75 (03) :290-317
[2]  
Afifi T.D., 2009, Uncertainty, information management, and disclosure decisions: Theories and applications, P403
[3]   Inappropriate parental divorce disclosures, the factors that prompt them, and their impact on parents' and adolescents' well-being [J].
Afifi, Tamara D. ;
McManus, Tara ;
Hutchinson, Susan ;
Baker, Birgitta .
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS, 2007, 74 (01) :78-102
[4]   Toward a theoretical model of communal coping in postdivorce families and other naturally occurring groups [J].
Afifi, Tamara D. ;
Hutchinson, Susan ;
Krouse, Stephanie .
COMMUNICATION THEORY, 2006, 16 (03) :378-409
[5]   Feeling caught as a mediator of adolescents' and young adults' avoidance and satisfaction with their parents in divorced and non-divorced households [J].
Afifi, TD ;
Schrodt, P .
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS, 2003, 70 (02) :142-173
[6]   The consequences of divorce for adults and children [J].
Amato, PR .
JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, 2000, 62 (04) :1269-1287
[7]   Feeling caught between parents: Adult children's relations with parents and subjective well-being [J].
Amato, PR ;
Afifi, TD .
JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, 2006, 68 (01) :222-235
[8]   Associations between physiological reactivity and children's behavior: Advantages of a multisystem approach [J].
Bauer, AM ;
Quas, JA ;
Boyce, WT .
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS, 2002, 23 (02) :102-113
[9]  
BUCHANAN CM, 1991, CHILD DEV, V62, P1008, DOI 10.2307/1131149
[10]  
Burleson BR., 1994, COMMUNICATION RELATI, P61