The Relationship Between Family Communication Patterns and Adjustment With Resiliency in Children

The family is one of the most important factors in the all-round development of the children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between family communication patterns and adjustment with resiliency in children. 

This study was descriptive and correlational. The study population comprised all sixth-grade elementary school students in Ahvaz City, Iran in the 2016-2017 academic year. The study sample was selected by a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The revised family communication patterns instrument of Koerner and Fitzpatrick, Connor-Davidson resilience scale, and multidimensional adjustment scale were employed in this study. To analyze the data, the Pearson correlation and systematic regression were used. 

In this study, conversation orientation with resiliency (r=0.22) and adjustment has a positive and significant relationship. Besides, the adjustment (β=0.26) was also a positive and significant predictor of the family communication pattern. Therefore, the results showed that conversation orientation (β=0.19) and resiliency (β=0.19) are the positive and significant predictors of the adjustment. Finally, the results showed that family communication patterns and adjustment were the best predictors of student resilience (P≤0.01). However, there was no significant relationship between resiliency and adjustment with an orientation of conformity (P≤0.01). 

Results suggested that predicting variables can increase resiliency and adjustment of students.