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Item The dyadic trait fit between adolescent aggression and parent alienation in a process involving family interactions, adoption status, and adolescent externalizing behavior.(2012-05) Koh, Bibiana D.To better understand the small but noteworthy risk for externalizing behaviors for adopted youth, the present study tested a complex family process involving personality and family interactions as an explanation of adopted adolescent adjustment. Goodness of fit theory, person-environment transactional theory, and Family Communication Patterns Theory (FCPT) informed the study. Data from 615 families from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS; McGue et al., 2007) were used to test study hypotheses using the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). Personality was assessed using the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Observational data were used to measure family members' individual communicative behavior, operationalized as Conformity- and Conversation-orientations, and adolescent conflict. Overall, findings supported the personality-initiated family process and the study's central hypothesis. Indeed, the dyadic trait fit (DTF) between adolescent aggression and parent alienation had an affect on a family interactive process that explained substantial variance in adolescent externalizing behavior. The direct associations among study constructs explained the most variance (and accounted for the largest increases in variance) in adolescent Conversation, parent Conversation, adolescent conflict, and adolescent externalizing behavior. Moreover, direct associations between adoption status and (a) conflict and (b) externalizing appear to be far more complex than previous research has suggested.Item Evaluate the Association between Disclosure and Child Adjustment within Family Communication Climate(2015-05) Chen, MuziBACKGROUND: With the increasing use of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) in conception, telling children how they were conceived becomes an important issue. Grounded in the Family Communication Patterns Theory (FCPT), this study examined the moderating effect of family communication climate on the association between disclosure and child adjustment problems. METHODS: Participants were 84 6- to 12-year-old children conceived using MAR with the intended parents' own gametes or gametes provided by a donor. Parents self-reported if children knew about their conception method and child adjustment problems through an online survey. Family communication climate was determined by observed family communication behavior of parents and children. RESULTS: Multiple regression models supported the hypothesized moderating effect of family communication climate on the association between disclosure and child adjustment problems. The statistically significant negative interaction suggested, in families with an open communication climate, disclosure tended to be associated with fewer child adjustment problems. In families with a closed communication climate, disclosure was associated with more child adjustment problems. CONCLUSIONS: While limited by a small sample size of disclosed children and a cross-sectional design, this study's findings provide preliminary but sound demonstration of the potentially important role of family communication climate. Rethinking the outcomes of disclosure through the lens of family communication climate is needed.