Communication styles and their impact on dimensions of couple relationship among adolescents

The experience of their first romantic relationship is very important for each person. Models seen at home, ways to see and handle relationships are reflected in each and every dimension of relationships between teenagers. Parents show different approaches to exercise authority depending on whether they have girls or boys, they are more authoritarian with girls and more permissive with boys, this is a typical approach and reflects the traditional mentality in Romania. We found a significant correlation between the aggressive type of communication and relationship anxiety among girls, r=.458 at p<.05; while for boys the aggressive style of communication inversely correlates with relationship monitoring, r=-.365 at p<.05. For girls there is a positive correlation between assertive communication and respect for the relationship, r=.406 at p<.05. At boys assertive communication correlates with respect for the relationship, and negatively correlates with relationship monitoring. Emotional maturity is reflected in parameters of relational interaction and ways of communication. Gender differences on all the assessed parameters are present at this age.