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ERIC Number: EJ718448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-8392
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Family Loyalty and Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Validity of the Family Group Effect
Delsing, Marc J. M. H.; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Oud, Johan H. L.; De Bruyn, Eric E. J.; Scholte, Ron H. J.
Journal of Research on Adolescence, v15 n2 p127-150 Jun 2005
The present study examined the relation between perceived justice and trust within family relationships and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problem behavior. Data were gathered from the father, the mother, and two of their adolescent children in 288 families. The social relations model was used to assess perceived justice and trust at the family level and the individual level. Adolescent internalizing and externalizing problem behavior turned out to be best predicted at the family level. Adolescents from families with less just or trustworthy climates showed more of these problem behaviors. Also associations between adolescent problem behavior and individual characteristics of the adolescents were found: adolescents who were generally viewed as less justtrustworthy were reported to have more problems. Our findings suggest that processes at different levels of family functioning (i.e., individual, whole-family) should be taken into account when investigating associations between family characteristics and children's outcomes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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