Frequency and Intensity of Family Conflict Communication
Of all interpersonal relationships, for most persons, family relationships are the most conflicted relationships that they have (Shantz & Hobart, 1989), with conflict behavior more frequent in family relationships (including marital, parent-child, and sibling relationships) than in peer or work relationships (Sillars et al., 2004).
Furthermore, family relationships are also the most physically violent interpersonal relationships most persons have (Straus, 1990). Despite significant changes in U.S. social norms that have made acts of severe violence (including kicking, punching, and hitting with objects such as belts or paddles) unacceptable or even illegal in spousal, parent-child, and sibling relationships, in 2008, 18% of children and adolescents in a nationally representative survey reported being exposed to physical violence in their homes, 10% reported that they saw a parent being hit by a partner, and 5% reported that their parent was physically assaulted by their partner (Hamby, Finkelhor, Turner, & Ormrod, 2011). In a similar survey, 36% of children and adolescents reported having been physically assaulted by a sibling (Finkelhor, Turner, & Hamby, 2005).
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