The article presents a theoretical analysis of the concepts of «communication», «family communication», and highlights the main components of this process and its types. Next, the main communication features between spouses in marriage, with the appearance of children, and communication with adolescents are identified. Family communication as a special type of communication between family members, can act as an indicator of the functioning of the family system, and at the same time act as a target for providing psychological assistance to family members to improve relationships within the family. Family communication serves the purpose of educating the younger generation, transferring knowledge, traditions, skills, strengthening marriage and maintaining love and mutual assistance.
Key words
• family • marriage • spouses • children • communication • family communication • problems of family communication •
Pavlenko Ekaterina Anatolyevna
Master of Psychology, practicing psychologist, Moscow, Russian Federation
e-mail: janet.j@mail.ru