Science Journal of Psychology ISSN: 2276-6278
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Volume 2013, Article ID sjpsych-258, 6 Pages, 2012, doi: 10.7237/sjpsych/258
Family Communication and Family System as the Predictors of Family Satisfaction in Adolescents ¹ Aneesa Akhlaq1 (M.Phil), Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha Pakistan ² Najma Iqbal Malik2 (PhD), Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha Pakistan (corresponding author:
[email protected]) ³ Noreen Aslam Khan3 (M.Phil), Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha
Accepted 31 January, 2013
Abstract- The current study was conducted to explore the family communication and family system as the predictors of family satisfaction in adolescents. A Purposive sample comprised of 120 adolescents from nuclear (n = 60) and joint family (n = 60) were equally taken comprised of girls (n = 30) and boys (n = 30) having age range of 14 to 19 years. A demographic form was used to obtain the information about variables of interest e.g., age, sex, family system (Nuclear & joint) & education. Family Communication Scale (Olson et al., 2004) and Family Satisfaction Scale (Olson, 1995) were administered to measure family communication and satisfaction respectively. The reliability for FCS was α .60 and for FSC was α .71. Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis and Independent Sample t-test was performed with SPSS (version 17). The results suggested that family communication is the most significant predictor of family satisfaction in adolescents (β = .37, p
