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ERIC Number: EJ678193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Late Adolescents' Self-Defining Memories about Relationships.
McLean, Kate C.; Thorne, Avril
Developmental Psychology, v39 n4 p635-45 Jul 2003
Examined European-American 19-year-olds' self-defining memories about relationships with parents and/or peers. Found that parent memories emphasized separation more so than peer memories, which emphasized closeness. Parental separation was exemplified by parental divorce experiences, parent closeness by comforting a grieving parent, and peer closeness by first-time romances. Conflict was more prevalent in parent than peer memories and was associated with meaning-making. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Conflict, Divorce, Grief, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Late Adolescents, Memory, Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Peer Relationship, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Identity (Psychological); Identity Formation; Meaning Construction; Meaningfulness; Relationship Quality; Romantic Relationship; Separation (Psychology)