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Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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Adolescents' Emotional Reactivity across Relationship Contexts
Cook, Emily C.; Buehler, Cheryl; Blair, Bethany L.
Developmental Psychology, v49 n2 p341-352 Feb 2013
Adolescents' emotional reactivity in family, close friendships, and romantic relationships was examined in a community-based sample of 416 two-parent families. Six waves of annual data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Emotional reactivity to interparental conflict during early adolescence was associated prospectively with adolescents' reactivity to conflict in friendships and romantic relationships during middle adolescence. Close friendship reactivity partially explained the prospective association between reactivity to interparental conflict and romantic relationship reactivity. The association between perceived emotional reactivity and relationship conflict was stronger for girls than boys. Results have important developmental implications regarding adolescents' emotional reactivity across salient interpersonal contexts during adolescence. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Sexuality, Adolescents, Early Adolescents, Conflict, Friendship, Structural Equation Models, Gender Differences, Emotional Response, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Correlation, Adolescent Development
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