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ERIC Number: EJ766116
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Conflict Frequency with Mothers and Fathers from Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence: Within- and Between-Families Comparisons
Shanahan, Lilly; McHale, Susan M.; Osgood, Wayne; Crouter, Ann C.
Developmental Psychology, v43 n3 p539-550 May 2007
The authors examined siblings' dyadic and differential conflict frequency with mothers and fathers from 7 to 19 years of age. Participants were first- and second-borns from 201 families who reported their conflict with each parent in 4 home interviews spaced over 5 years. Multilevel models examining trajectories of conflict frequency across age and year of study revealed that (a) consistent with a spillover hypothesis, elevation in parent-offspring conflict frequency was timed to firstborns' transition to adolescence for both siblings; and (b) consistent with a learning-from-experience hypothesis, there was no increase in conflict frequency at second-borns' transition to adolescence. These findings highlight the importance of studying the development of parent-offspring conflict within the larger family system.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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