Family Communication and the Choice of a Life Partner Among Youths in Malaysia

Family communication often becomes an important discourse in the discussion on family function as one of entity our society. Parents are pillars providing a good environment family. Communication among members and siblings is also found affecting decision-making process clear between parents child can bring them to very positive effective interaction. McLeod Chaffee (1972) formulated quadrant pattern framework namely, permissive, pluralistic, prohibitive protective. Applying this framework, study aimed identify patterns their children choice life partner. Using survey method, questionnaires were distributed 400 respondents throughout Peninsular Malaysia analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. The mean analysis was performed most dominant when discussing marriage matters. that protective showed highest level practice all have proven be significant contributor Malaysian youth decisions towards partner choices. results from contribute understanding importance decision making with regards marriage. present adds existing knowledge provides direction future research work area. Keywords: communication, pattern, youth, marriage,