Date
5-20-2026
Degree
Master of Arts in Professional Communication (MA)
Chair
Robert Mott
Keywords
Content, awareness, books, parent, teen, family relationships
Disciplines
Communication
Recommended Citation
Coletti, Calista, "A Quantitative Case Study of Family Communication Patterns Theory and Parental Awareness of Divine Rivals" (2026). Masters Theses. 1461.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1461
Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine how parents of different family communication pattern types are aware of the connect of the books their teens read. The problem is that parents have different awareness levels of the content of teens’ books or the books their teens read and it is unknown why they differ and what factors influence differences in awareness. This study focuses on the book Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. The findings show that families with a high conversation orientation have parents who know more about the content in the books their teens read. The results of this study also found that family communication patterns do not have an impact on how parents become aware of the content in books their teens read. The findings of this study fill a gap in research as well as extend an established communication theory.
