Laughing Matters
Family dynamics are incredibly complex, and navigating different parenting styles within households poses challenges. How families communicate and use humor in Christian homes can significantly shape adolescents’ development and experiences. This study explores how family communication patterns, measured through conversation and conformity orientations, relate to humor use in the home and the potential impact on adolescent outcomes. Investigating humor within these communication patterns may provide insight into how families reach communication goals, manage conflict, build stronger relationships, and support healthier psychosocial development. This research includes Christian couples who are co-parents of at least one child. Both parents completed the Humor Orientation and Family Communication Patterns scales separately through a Microsoft Forms survey, ensuring responses are collected from each partner within the same family.
COMM 499, Senior Capstone
Doyle Srader
Goodrich 103
2:30 – 3 PM