Communicating closeness is one concept that we will be analyzing in the sitcom Full House. Within this concept we will see how communicating closeness helps to unite a family. According to the book Close Encounters, “communication is what helps foster and sustain closeness in relationships” (Guerrero, Anderson, Affi, 159). In other words communication closeness is a necessity to the growth and definition of a relationship, without closeness relationships will not survive. When we talk about closeness our definition can vary from physical, emotional and relational closeness. Physical closeness is the amount of space you give someone. For example, spending time with someone can convey physical closeness because you are physically near them. Emotional …show more content…
Dr. Horan is a professor at Texas State University who studies communication in dating relationships. Dr. Horan has conducted experiments that proves that affection can benefit the psychological aspect of a relationship. Another source by Michelle Miller –Day relates communication closeness to families and its function. In a typical family you get a sense of interdependence and wholeness, just like something you would find in affectionate communication. This system helps to maintain stability in the family. In this family perspective families often maintain communication closeness by the use of family rules and rituals. This source says, “It is within this system that families communicatively navigate cohesion and adaptability; create family images, themes, stories, rituals, rules, and roles; manage power, intimacy, and boundaries; and participate in an interactive process of meaning-making, producing mental models of family life that endure over time and across generations” (“Communication” Oxford Research Encyclopedias …show more content…
In the text it says, “Achieving a shared reality (agreement, accuracy, and congruence in beliefs and attitudes) increases the chance that family members will understand and be understood by one another, leading to more efficient interactions and fewer disagreements and conflicts” (“Associations between Family Communication Patterns, Sibling Closeness, and Adoptive Status” 2012). The author used this theory to prove that it can be impossible to have communicating closeness if the communication patterns are not established. Without understanding someone it can eventually lead to disagreements and conflict. This author also uses the two methods called “orientations” which are conversation and conformity that influences families to share experiences and thoughts. The use of disclosure definitely helps keep the emotional closeness among families or any relationship in general. When we discuss affectionate communication and how it relates to communication closeness we realize that it also provides emotional closeness. Affectionate communication whether expressed verbally or nonverbally it still conveys the same
According to smith and Hamon (2012), Families are considered as a whole in society. However, they believed that couples have many components in which makes up the family, if one component is missing, the family as a whole can get unbalance (Smith & Hamon, 2012). In the Brice’s family, communication was the component that was missing. The couple was not able to communicate their differences, which was what caused Carolyn and David to verbally insult each other. Smith and Hamon (2012), also explain that a person who expresses his or her feeling is considered as someone who is breaking the functions of their family system; especially if the person is focusing on the individual who is causing the problem, rather than the problem itself. In the Brice family, Carolyn could be considered the one that cause the dysfunction in the family structure because she was focusing on David as the problem of their marriage, rather than focusing of the elements that are causing their problems. Smith and Hamon (2012) explain that individuals should focus on how to solve a problem, rather than trying to find who is causing the
It is not all about communication” . It says that not surprisingly those couples who reported communicating more effectively showed the highest satisfaction with their relationships. But the next two reasons which were also the only other ones with strong links to couple happiness, were knowledge of partner which included everything from knowing their pizza-topping preferences to their hopes and dreams and life skills like being able to hold a job, manage money, etc . But in order to have a healthy relationship I do believe that the communication is key but they also do need to know how to communicate in a healthy way that will not cause
Communications generally occur in body languages: how the individuals interpret each other. Her essay is an event that is reoccurring more and more lately. The event results in a failure in marriage. In today’s society more and more people are splitting up or having divorces due to miscommunications. The essay, “Sex, Lies and Conversation,” that Deborah Tannen wrote is much use of today because it explains where miscommunications happen and she has her own studies and research to back it up. The essay goes into depth about her ideologies that cause miscommunications. Look at a miscommunication twice and do not be quick to judge because it will save plenty of
The ability to communicate effectively is essential to the success of any relationship. Effective communication allows an individual to share and express their ideas, concerns and show support. Whether it’s between family members or complete strangers, communication is a major factor in developing perceptions of other people and creating relationships with them. In the book Interpreter of Maladies, author Jhumpa Lahiri, uses the theme of miscommunication to emphasize how a consistent lack of communication can negatively influence relationships, lead people to regret decisions they have made, and alter one’s personal perception of another individual.
... L., Andersen, P., & Afifi, W. (2011). Close encounters: Communication in relationships. (3 ed., pp. 322-330). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Their conclusion is that family dynamics have a key role in creating the context where sibling
Connectedness is a term used to talk about a loving and positive relationship between parents and their children (Padilla-Walker et al., 2012). Families build connections through a variety of ways, however the development of warm and fulfilling relationships is the goals of being connected developing closeness. Closeness is the emotional bond between people. Closeness varies on a spectrum, at one end of the spectrum we see a person that is not close to anyone in the family who is emotionally detached and is their own person. One the other end of the spectrum another person could be so overly close to someone in the family that they looking like the person that they are close too. Both ends of the spectrums are extremes and can be dangerous for a family. It is important to set aside quality time to work on closeness within the family, because it helps to create and maintain strong parent child bonds. However, it is also
The field of family communication is a largely understudied field of communication sciences. Family members use relational maintenance behaviors in order to maintain their relationship with various members of their family. These relational maintenance behaviors have mostly been studied in the context of romantic relationships. Relational maintenance behaviors vary in context, but these behaviors help people maintain positive, healthy relationships. This paper’s focus will be on the relational maintenance behaviors families take part in and the effects these behaviors have on family communication patterns (FCP).
Children enter the world as part of preexisting systems. They enter parental systems and families that already have rules, roles and boundaries, and more are made as children grow and the family develops. These transitions can be confusing and challenging for all members involved leading to feelings of fear, anger and even helplessness. Members within the family strive to feel competent and grasp at a sense of security as their family structure and organization shifts with each new addition or change. Normal family development is a delicate balance between change and stability. The most important rules to help maintain a sense of stability and security within the family, according to Virginia Satir, are the ones that govern communication (Bitter, 2009, p. 125). Rules via communication can be verbal or nonverbal but are usually intended to provide children safety as they advance outside the home. However, children hear absolutes in rules such as “Always listen to your elders,” which quickly becomes impossible to follow all the time. Children begin to question such rules and parental authority begins to lose weight. Children also learn rules by observing the behavior of their parents, who typically do not follow the absolutes in rules they give their children. According to Satir, in healthy families, rules are few and consistently applied and are humanly possi...
The context of communication in these studies is interpersonal communication with a specific focus on intimacy in romantic relationships and in computer mediated communication, respectively.
Family members’ ability to effectively express their emotions, insights, and ideas to each other reflects how well members relate to each other, and how well the family functions as a whole. According to Kirst-Ashman & Hull (2012) assessing communication patterns within a family is crucial to the planned change process that must occur in order to assist families reconcile their problems in the best possible way (p.331). There are various facets of communication in addition to verbal and nonverbal communication. There are at least five different paths of communication, referred to as avenues of communication, which include: consonance, condemnation, submission, intellectualization, and indifference (p. 331-332). An assessment of the various facets of communication used by a family is useful in indicating where change is
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...tionship. As with any relationship, marriage is no different. Each member of a marital dyad must have clearly defined, and understood communication between them. Satisfaction and stability in a marriage is achieved through communication and interaction between its members. A breakdown of interpersonal communication is positively related to dissatisfaction in a marriage.
According to the communication theory, Satir believes that unhealthy relationships between family members result from a distinctive pattern of communication with troubled families, in addition to the correlation between self-esteem and communication. Communication patterns display what is going on in the relationships in the family. If there is conflicted communication between members, it can be observed in a high level of disagreements. According to Satir, (1988), “ As I began to understand these patterns more fully, I saw that self-esteem became easily hooked when one had not developed a solid, appreciative sense of self-worth” (p.80). The four patterns of communications are “placated, blame, compute, and distract” (Satir, 1988, p.84). A positive attitude in self-assessment can build self-esteem. When people have low self-esteem, they approach the problem in negative ways.
First, friendship will change while relationship won’t. If you lose touch with a friend for a long time, there is a possibility that you will become aloof. However, if you don’t keep in touch with your family members, your bond will not change. In addition, when we chat with our family members, we may not care about the feelings of them too much because we know each other so well that we seldom get angry with them. The deep familiarity make we mistake each other less and make jokes more freely. And those jokes and communications