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The Adolescent Relational Dialectic and the Peer Roots of Adult Social Functioning
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Allen, Joseph P.; Chango, Joanna; Szwedo, David – Child Development, 2014
The long-term import of a fundamental challenge of adolescent social development--establishing oneself as a desirable peer companion while avoiding problematic behaviors often supported within peer groups--was examined in a community sample of 184 adolescents, followed from ages 13 to 23, along with parents, peers, and romantic partners. The…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Behavior Problems, Peer Relationship
Cognitive and Parenting Pathways in the Transmission of Antisocial Behavior from Parents to Adolescents
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Dogan, Shannon J.; Conger, Rand D.; Kim, Kee Jeong; Masyn, Katherine E. – Child Development, 2007
This study examined the role of adolescent perceptions of parental behavior and disrupted parenting in the continuity of antisocial behavior across generations. Participants included 430 adolescents and their biological parents assessed during the period from the 9th to 12th grades (9th grade age in years: M=15.09, SD=0.43). Structural equation…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Rearing, Structural Equation Models, Antisocial Behavior
Separation Anxiety in Parents of Adolescents: Theoretical Significance and Scale Development.
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Hock, Ellen; Eberly, Mary; Bartle-Haring, Suzanne; Ellwanger, Pamela; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2001
Developed and validated Parents of Adolescents Separation Anxiety Scale with parents of sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders, and college freshmen and seniors. Factor analyses supported two subscales: Anxiety about Adolescent Distancing (AAD) and Comfort with Secure Base Role (CSBR); both showed distinctive change patterns with child age.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior
Interparental Discord and Adolescent Adjustment Trajectories: The Potentiating and Protective Role of Intrapersonal Attributes.
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Davies, Patrick T.; Windle, Michael – Child Development, 2001
Examined whether associations between marital discord and trajectories of adolescent depression and delinquency varied as a function of intrapersonal attributes. Found that difficult temperament potentiated effects of marital discord on adjustment trajectories. Heightened perceived family support protected adolescents from adverse marital discord…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Longitudinal Assessment of Autonomy and Relatedness in Adolescent-Family Interactions as Predictors of Adolescent Ego Development and Self-Esteem.
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Allen, Joseph P.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Seventy-seven adolescents in 2-parent families and their parents were observed in a revealed-differences interaction task when the adolescents were age 14, and the adolescents' ego development and self-esteem were assessed at both age 14 and 16. Adolescents' displays of autonomy and relatedness were strongly related to concurrent measures of ego…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Family Relationship, Longitudinal Studies
Parents' Roles in Shaping Early Adolescents' Occupational Aspirations.
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Jodl, Kathleen M.; Michael, Alice; Malanchuk, Oksana; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Sameroff, Arnold – Child Development, 2001
Examined relations among parenting dimensions and adolescents' occupational aspirations related to academics and sports. Found that parents' values predicted youths' values directly in the academic domain. Fathers' behaviors mediated the relation between parents' and youths' sports values. Identification was directly related to adolescents'…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Aspiration, Athletics