Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
January 2012
Publication Title
Robert Wood Johnson, UMDNJ, and Rutgers University / Global Health Fair
Abstract
This study sought to explore how alcoholism is experienced and communicated in the context of the family. Drawing on Fitzpatrick and Ritchie’s (1994) Family Communication Patterns Theory, this study compared features of conversation and conformity in family interactions about alcoholism in German and American culture. This cross-cultural comparison provides insight to the cultural extremes of alcohol related behavior and how such behaviors may or may not affect communication in the family.
Recommended Citation
Marie Haverfield and J. Theiss. "The Stories They Tell: An International Focus Group Study Identifying Families’ Communication about Alcohol" Robert Wood Johnson, UMDNJ, and Rutgers University / Global Health Fair (2012).
