Abstract

This paper reviews research on family communication in Korea. The 51 literatures which had been published till 1988 are used to review. The review includes brief summaries of literatures in methodological issues and research findings classified into five major domains ; theoretical understanding, communication in family relationship, relation to human development, family communication in home management, and the use of family communication in family therapy. Some of the major conclusions may be summarized as follows: 1) Family communication research has short history since it begun in 1973. 2) Research method used in almost the survey research. 3) It is difficult to generalize the research findings because of the short of research and the unexquisiteness of methodology, but is is possible somewhat to understand family communication in Korea.

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