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The Social Context of Adolescent Friendships: Parents, Peers, and Romantic Partners
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Flynn, Heather Kohler; Felmlee, Diane H.; Conger, Rand D. – Youth & Society, 2017
We argue that adolescent friendships flourish, or wither, within the "linked lives" of other salient social network ties. Based on structural equation modeling with data from two time points, we find that young people tend to be in high-quality friendships when they are tightly embedded in their social network and receive social support…
Descriptors: Friendship, Social Influences, Parent Influence, Peer Influence
Incorporating Religiosity into a Developmental Model of Positive Family Functioning across Generations
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Spilman, Sarah K.; Neppl, Tricia K.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Schofield, Thomas J.; Conger, Rand D. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study evaluated a developmental model of intergenerational continuity in religiosity and its association with observed competency in romantic and parent-child relationships across 2 generations. Using multi-informant data from the Family Transitions Project, a 20-year longitudinal study of families that began during early adolescence (N =…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Models, Religion
Dyadic Processes in Early Marriage: Attributions, Behavior, and Marital Quality
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Durtschi, Jared A.; Fincham, Frank D.; Cui, Ming; Lorenz, Frederick O.; Conger, Rand D. – Family Relations, 2011
Marital processes in early marriage are important for understanding couples' future marital quality. Spouses' attributions about a partner's behavior have been linked to marital quality, yet the mechanisms underlying this association remain largely unknown. When we used couple data from the Family Transitions Project (N = 280 couples) across the…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Interpersonal Relationship, Spouses
Observer, Self-, and Partner Reports of Hostile Behaviors in Romantic Relationships
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Cui, Ming; Lorenz, Frederick O.; Conger, Rand D.; Melby, Janet N.; Bryant, Chalandra M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005
The present study examines how different observers of romantic relationships differ in their reports of hostility. Using confirmatory factor analysis with structured means, the results from 236 young adults and their romantic partners indicated that (a) the correlations among targets' self-reports, partners' reports, and observers' reports of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Young Adults, Factor Analysis, Dating (Social)
Early Adolescent Sexual Activity: A Developmental Study.
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Whitbeck, Les B.; Yoder, Kevin A.; Hoyt, Dan R.; Conger, Rand D. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999
Examines predictors of early sexual intercourse for a sample of 457 adolescents in grades 8 through 10, from two-parent and single-mother families. Significant decreases were noted in the effect of mother monitoring by 10th grade. The primary predictors of early intercourse were age, opportunity (steady relationship), sexually permissive attitude,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Drinking, Interpersonal Relationship