Journal article
Topic Avoidance as a Privacy Management Strategy: Outcomes and Predictors of Parent Well-being and Sibling Caregiving Topic Avoidance
Journal of family communication, Vol.20(4), pp.313-326
10/01/2020
DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2020.1823395
Abstract
As the population ages, siblings more frequently assume the role of filial caregiver. Siblings often avoid communication about caregiving, and this topic avoidance can be detrimental to well-being. Framed in the communication privacy management theory (CPM), the current study tests the associations between privacy rule criteria and siblings' caregiving topic avoidance and the impact of topic avoidance on relationship satisfaction and depression. A sample of 415 caregivers, including 242 primary caregivers and 173 secondary caregivers, completed an online survey regarding their caregiving communication with a sibling. Topic avoidance about both parent well-being and sibling caregiving were positively associated with privacy rule criteria of parent health, liking, and risk-benefit ratio and negatively associated with trust. Parent well-being topic avoidance was associated positively with primary caregivers' depression and negatively with relationship satisfaction for both primary and secondary caregivers. Sibling caregiving topic avoidance was associated positively with depression and negatively with relationship satisfaction for both primary and secondary caregivers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Topic Avoidance as a Privacy Management Strategy: Outcomes and Predictors of Parent Well-being and Sibling Caregiving Topic Avoidance
- Creators
- Helen Lillie - University of UtahMaria K. Venetis - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of family communication, Vol.20(4), pp.313-326
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/15267431.2020.1823395
- ISSN
- 1526-7431
- eISSN
- 1532-7698
- Number of pages
- 14
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309755102771
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