The specific character of role configurations in the destructive family communication

Abstract

The article analyses the specifics of the destructive family communication and defines its typical role configurations. The content as well as the communicative purpose of the destructive communication in general and of the family communication in particular has been taken into account. The main features and tactics of destructive-communicative person’s behaviourwere classified. The personal traits which are at the root of the destructive communication and also the communication conditions that one must consider to qualify this communication as destructive have been described in the paper.Thepeculiarities of English family destructive communication has been studied, the conceptual structure of family conflict communication has been determined as that consisting of macro-components – the basic roles of the nuclear family members and their components – clustered roles. Typical role configurations of English-speaking communicants were systematized and examined proceeding from the quantative indices of role actualization in destructive family interaction.