Assessing the relationship between family mealtime communication and adolescent emotional well‐being using the experience sampling method

Journal of Adolescence - Tập 36 - Trang 577-585 - 2013
Shira Offer1
1Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel

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ABSTRACTWhile most prior research has focused on the frequency of family meals the issue of which elements of family mealtime are most salient for adolescents' well‐being has remained overlooked. The current study used the experience sampling method, a unique form of time diary, and survey data drawn from the 500 Family Study (N = 237 adolescents with 8122 observations) to examine the association between family mealtime communication and teens' emotional well‐being. Results showed that in approximately half of the time spent on family meals (3 h per week on average) adolescents reported talking to their parents. Hierarchical linear model analyses revealed that controlling for the quality of family relationships family mealtime communication was significantly associated with higher positive affect and engagement and with lower negative affect and stress. Findings suggest that family meals constitute an important site for communication between teens and parents that is beneficial to adolescents' emotional well‐being.

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Journal of Adolescence

Tập 36

577-585

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