Effective interpersonal
communication skills impact
long-term development
and adjustment.
Parental Communication. Variations
in parent-child communication, and
their broad and dramatic effects on a
variety of social outcomes in the
child’s life, have been the focus of
important studies by Brant Burleson
of Purdue, Jesse Delia of the University
of Illinois, and James Applegate at the
University of Kentucky, among others