Family Communication, Self-Efficacy, and White Female Adolescents' Risk Behavior

This study examines perceived family communication culture, social identity, development of communicative self-efficacy, and reported risk behaviors for adolescent girls. Twenty-five women between the ages of 18 and 20 were interviewed and transcripts were analyzed using grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990). The results suggest that there are indeed links between family communication culture, social identity, communicative self-efficacy, and risk behavior. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.