Abed Lowai G, Abed Mohaned G, Shackelford Todd K
Department of Communication and Public Relations, College of Communication and Media, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 23218, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Special Education, Faculty of Educational Graduate Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Feb 15;13(2):175. doi: 10.3390/bs13020175.
This exploratory study investigated whether factors such as gender, age, level of education, monthly income, and the number of family members are associated with verbal and non-verbal communication in Saudi Arabian families. A convenience sampling procedure was used to recruit 182 Saudi Arabian adults who responded to a self-report survey. Verbal and non-verbal communication was categorized into positive and negative communication. Descriptive and ordinal regression analyses were conducted to assess the relationships of familial variables with communication. Female gender status had a small negative association with positive communication, whereas the number of family members, level of education, monthly income, and age did not correlate with positive communication or negative communication. The Discussion section addresses the limitations of the current study and identifies several directions for future research, with special attention to the Saudi Arabian family context.
这项探索性研究调查了性别、年龄、教育程度、月收入和家庭成员数量等因素是否与沙特家庭中的言语和非言语沟通相关。采用便利抽样程序招募了182名沙特成年人，他们对一份自我报告调查问卷做出了回应。言语和非言语沟通被分为积极沟通和消极沟通。进行了描述性和有序回归分析，以评估家庭变量与沟通之间的关系。女性性别状况与积极沟通存在较小的负相关，而家庭成员数量、教育程度、月收入和年龄与积极沟通或消极沟通均无关联。讨论部分阐述了当前研究的局限性，并确定了未来研究的几个方向，特别关注沙特家庭背景。
