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Obiteljska Komunikacija
Family Communication

Author(s): Katarina Pinjuh
Subject(s): Theory of Communication, Family and social welfare
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: communication; family atmosphere; “murderous” and “guarding” habits

Summary/Abstract: The process of exchanging ideas and information is called communication. We communicate with our whole being by sending messages to our collocutor verbally, paraverbally and non-verbally. Communication allows us better knowledge, it can help us avoid conflicts and disagreements but it can also cause them. Stimulating educational environment is made by a pleasant family atmosphere which indicates that that is a functional family in which communication is free of “withering” communication habits. “Guarding” habits, which positively e ect on the overall development of children, have the advantage in this family. Successful communication in diade parent - child may be achieved by using active listening interlocutor, following the words the interlocutor pronounces, but also its non-verbal message that the interlocutor sends to us. Children’s parents serve as a model for identifying learning of speech, rules of communication, respect and non-losing methods of conflict resolution and development of empathy. e ability of knowing your own feelings and the possibility of their recognition leads to successful communication

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 36-50
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Croatian