Identify Family Communication Patterns

I could identify the families’ communication pattern by noticing two key aspects of their communication, first were they were high or low conversation families and secondly are they high conformity or low conformity families. For instance, High conversation families talk about all subject matters and they believe that open and frequent communication is essential to an enjoyable and rewarding family life. They are also spontaneous and full of life. Whereas, low conversation families view talking as frivolous and tend to be quiet families. I next looked for conformity orientation, which is the degree to which families believe that communication should emphasize similarity or diversity in attitudes, beliefs, and values. High conformity families use their interactions to highlight and enforce uniformity of thought.

Whereas, High conformity families believe that diversity is key and they believe that friends and family are equal. Anyhow, I choose Breaking bad, I placed them in the low conversation and high conformity, which makes them a Protective family since protective families are low in conversation but high in conformity, and to me this is how the family in Breaking bad acts. My family communication pattern is high conversation and conformity, which is the consensual family communication pattern. No, I am not satisfied with our family type of communication since it always puts family first and it feels somewhat restrictive. However, since I am an adult, I can modify my pattern of communication, so that is a