بررسي رابطه ابعاد الگوهاي ارتباطات خانواده با ميزان اضطراب و افسردگي فرزندان

Relationship Between Dimensions of Family Communication Patterns and Childrenʹs Level of Anxiety and Depression

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between dimensions or family communication patterns (i.c, conversation orientation and conformity orientation) and childrenʹs level of anxiety and depression. Family communication has been known as one of the most fundamental mechanism to understand psycho-social behaviors such as children anxiety and depression. In this study 326 (161 females) students "CIT selected through multistage random cluster sampling method from second and third grade high school students of Shiraz. Iran. Participants completed Revised Family Communication Patters Instrument and the short form of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. The results of a multiple regression analysis indicated that family conversation orientation was a significant predictor of children anxiety and depression. Family conformity predicted children anxiety signi ficuntly but not their depression.