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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Examines the reciprocal relation between parent-child distance and pubertal maturation. Analyses indicate that (1) puberty increases adolescent autonomy and parent-child conflict and diminishes parent-child closeness; and (2) parent-child distance may accelerate pubertal maturation among girls. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Family Relationship, Family Structure
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examines the impact of pubertal status and timing, independent of chronological age, on the family relationships of adolescents in 204 families with a firstborn child between the ages of 10 and 15. Measures included adolescent and parental reports of closeness, confict, and autonomy and assessments of adolesents' pubertal status and pubertal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship