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Publication Date: 2009-Nov
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Linkages over Time between Adolescents' Relationships with Parents and Friends
De Goede, Irene H. A.; Branje, Susan J. T.; Delsing, Marc J. M. H.; Meeus, Wim H. J.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v38 n10 p1304-1315 Nov 2009
This 5-wave longitudinal study examines linkages over time between adolescents' perceptions of relationships with parents and friends with respect to support, negative interaction, and power. A total of 575 early adolescents (54.1% boys) and 337 middle adolescents (43.3% boys) participated. Path analyses mainly showed bidirectional associations between adolescents' perceptions of parent-adolescent relationships and friendships with a predominantly stronger influence from parent-adolescent relationships to friendships than vice versa in early to middle adolescence and an equal mutual influence in middle to late adolescence. The findings support the theoretical ideas that perceptions of relationships with parents generalize to perceptions of relationships with friends and that relationship skills and principles of adolescent friendships generalize to relationships with parents. Furthermore, the results indicate that the influence of parents decreases, whereas the influence of friends increases, and that both social worlds become equally important and overlapping towards late adolescence.
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Friendship, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Males, Longitudinal Studies, Power Structure, Path Analysis, Generalization, Peer Relationship, Parent Influence
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Language: English
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