Abstract
AbstractResearch shows that individuals develop stable tendencies to be more or less autonomous (i.e., trait autonomy) from social and personal experiences. This study, from a family communication perspective, aimed to examine how family communication patterns (i.e., conversation and conformity orientations) affected young adult children's trait autonomy. Longitudinal data at two time points over a year were collected from 190 young adult children (M age = 25.63 years at T1, 45.3% female) recruited from CloudResearch in the United States. Results showed that at the low level of conformity orientation, conversation orientation prospectively and positively predicted young adults' trait autonomy over time. The findings suggest that pluralistic families (i.e., high conversation and low conformity) might provide the most optimal family environment for the child to develop high trait autonomy that further leads to a multitude of benefits.
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