RESEARCH TITLE: The Effect of Communication Pattern in a Family Relationship: Emotional

Perception

RESEARCH PROBLEM:

RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

-What are the communication patterns that affects the relationship of emotional perception?

-What are the factors affecting a communication pattern in a relationship?

-How does pattern affect emotional perception?

-What is the value of knowing that dysfunctional pattern affect emotional perception?

-What causes dysfunctional relationships?

INTRODUCTION:

Our family of origin has a significant impact on how we see ourselves, how we see others, and

how we interpret the world. Ideally, children grow up in a family environment that supports

them in feeling worthwhile and valuable. They learn that their feelings and needs are important

and can be expressed. Children who grow up in supportive environments are more likely to

form healthy, open relationships in adulthood.

childhood problems behind. many find that they experience similar problems, as well as similar

feelings and relationship patterns, long after they have left the family environment. Ideally,

children grow up in family environments which help them feel worthwhile and valuable. They

learn that their feelings and needs are important and can be expressed. Children growing up in

such supportive environments are likely to form healthy, open relationships in adulthood.

However, families may fail to provide for many of their children’s emotional and physical needs.

In addition, the families’ communication patterns may severely limit the child’s expressions of

feelings and needs. Children growing up in such families are likely to develop low self esteem

and feel that their needs are not important or perhaps should not be taken seriously by others.

As a result, they may form unsatisfying relationships as adults.

Abuse and neglect inhibit the development of children’s trust in the world, in others, and in

themselves. Later as adults, these people may find it difficult to trust the behaviors and words

of others, their own judgements and actions, or their own senses of selfworth. Not surprisingly,

they may experience problems in their academic work, their relationships, and in their very

identities.

In common with other people, abused and neglected family members often struggle to

interpret their families as “normal.” The more they have to accommodate to make the situation

seem normal (e.g., “No, I wasn’t beaten, I was just spanked. My father isn’t violent, it’s just his
way”), the greater is their likelihood of misinterpreting themselves and developing negative self

concepts (e.g., “I had it coming; I’m a rotten kid”).

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:

METHODOLOGY

Overview

The research methodology and data collection processes will be discussed in this chapter. The

research design is described first, followed by the participants, research procedure, materials,

and data analysis.

Research Design

The researcher will use a correlational survey approach to evaluate

Participants

The participants in this study are between female or male starting at the age of 18 to 60. The

study will be conducted on Catbalogan area. The participants will be given an informed consent

to participate in research freely and voluntarily.

Material

This study employed collecting data through Survey Interview.

Procedure
The participants will be asked for their consent to participate in this study as part of the

researchers' adherence to ethical standards when conducting research. A Likert- Scale

questionnaire that was used to gather data through survey interview regarding the factors

affecting the communication pattern in a family relationship that will be given to those who are

willing to participate.

Scope and Delimitation

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

RESEARCH RRL:

There is a great degree of variability in how interactions and behaviors occur within homes, and

the pattern of these interactions form the core of our family dynamic (Harkonen, 2017).

Families have a unique set of dynamics that affect the way each member thinks and relates to

themselves, others and the world around them. Several factors including the nature of parent’s

relationship, personality of family members, events (divorce, death, unemployment), culture

and ethnicity (including beliefs about gender roles), influence these dynamics. The list is

endless, and it is no surprise that growing up in an open, supportive environment is the

exception, rather than the norm.

flawed and experiencing their own concerns. Most children can deal with an occasional angry

outburst, as long as there is love and understanding to counter it. In “functional” families,

parents strive to create an environment in which everyone feels safe, heard, loved and

respected. Households are often characterized by low conflict, high levels of support and open

communication (Shaw, 2014). This helps children navigate physical, emotional and social

difficulties when they are young, and has lasting impacts as they transition into adulthood.

Abuse and neglect affect the child’s ability to trust the world, others and themselves.

Additionally, they grow up without a frame of reference for what is normal and healthy. They

may develop traits that they struggle with throughout their adult lives, and the effects are

many. They may not know how to live without chaos and conflict (this becomes a lifestyle

pattern) and get bored easily (Lechnyr, 2020). Children robbed of their childhood have to “grow

up too fast.” As a result, they are disconnected from their needs and face difficulty asking for

help (Cikanavicious, 2019). Children, who were constantly ridiculed, grow up to judge

themselves harshly, lie and constantly seek approval and affirmation. Children may fear

abandonment, believe they are unlovable/not good enough and feel lonely/misunderstood. As

adults, they face difficulty with forming professional, social and romantic bonds, and are viewed

as submissive, controlling, overwhelming or even detached in relationships (Ubaidi, 2016). To

numb their feelings, they may abuse drugs or alcohol and engage in other risky behaviors (e.g.,

reckless driving, unsafe sex) (Watson et al., 2013).

dysfunctional emotions being associated with reduced well-being provides further support of

Ellis’s model of distress. He theorized that dysfunctional negative emotions are

associated with negative subjective experience, irrational beliefs and dysfunctional behavioral

responses. This study found that those experiencing dysfunctional negative emotions

experienced the greatest reduction to their well-being, remembering that such individuals

reported experiencing a combination of dysfunctional and functional negative emotions,

thereby receiving the detrimental influence of both forms of negative emotions to their well-

being.

Similar to what Mogoase & Stefan found, the PCA analysis of the FANDES revealed different

groups of functional emotions and a group of functional-dysfunctional emotions. This showed

that there were two factors: one composed mostly of items thought to indicate functional

emotions, and the other composed of the combined functional-dysfunctional emotions. The

labels for unpleasant emotions thought to be dysfunctional were largely dispersed, depending

on both functional and functional-dysfunctional factors. Unlike Stefan and Mogoase, a second

PCA was carried out on rather than theoretical ones, statistical ones. As a result, the functional

emotion component now includes one of the suggested categories for dysfunctional emotions

(namely, desperation). Mogoase C, Stefan S (2013) It is possible that the meaning of the term

desperate has become a common term to express daily worries, however further research is

required to clarify this issue.