Military Stressors, Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, and Adolescent Adjustment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith L. Farnsworth ◽  
Catherine W. O’Neal
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Military Stressors ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

Family Structure History and Adolescent Adjustment

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 944-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Union Formation ◽  
Family Instability ◽  
Family Connectedness ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adult Lives ◽  
American Children ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

As patterns of union formation and dissolution in adult lives become complex, the living arrangements of American children are becoming increasingly fluid. With a sample ( N = 12,843) drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study attempted to capture this complexity by mapping out children's family structure histories across their early life course, investigating the implications of these arrangements for their general adjustment, and finally, identifying family processes that explained these associations. The findings suggest that a sizable minority of young people experience dynamic family structure arrangements. Moreover, family structure at adolescence best predicted later emotional distress, and family structure at adolescence plus an indicator of cumulative family instability across childhood best predicted current marijuana use. More so than indicators tapping social control, levels of family connectedness and parent—adolescent relationship quality were key conduits for these associations.

Mapping developmental changes in perceived parent–adolescent relationship quality throughout middle school and high school

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (04) ◽  
pp. 1541-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Ebbert ◽  
Frank J. Infurna ◽  
Suniya S. Luthar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
New England ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Adolescent Relationships ◽  
Adolescent Relationship ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis study examined changes in adolescents’ perceived relationship quality with mothers and fathers from middle school to high school, gender differences, and associated mental health consequences using longitudinal data from the New England Study of Suburban Youth cohort (n = 262, 48% female) with annual assessments (Grades 6–12). For both parents, alienation increased, and trust and communication decreased from middle school to high school, with greater changes among girls. Overall, closeness to mothers was higher than with fathers. Girls, compared to boys, perceived more trust and communication and similar levels of alienation with mothers at Grade 6. Girls perceived stronger increases in alienation from both parents and stronger declines in trust with mothers during middle school. Increasing alienation from both parents and less trust with mothers at Grade 6 was associated with higher levels of anxiety at Grade 12. Less trust with both parents at Grade 6 and increasing alienation and decreasing trust with mothers in high school were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms at Grade 12. Overall, girls reported having higher levels of anxiety at Grade 12 compared to boys. Findings on the course of the quality of parent–adolescent relationships over time are discussed in terms of implications for more targeted research and interventions.

Toward a Transactional Model of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality and Adolescent Psychological Adjustment

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostas A. Fanti ◽  
Christopher C. Henrich ◽  
Kathryn A. Brookmeyer ◽  
Gabriel P. Kuperminc
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Transactional Model ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

scholarly journals Parent-adolescent relationship quality as a predictor of leaving home

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rengin Işık Akın ◽  
Linda D. Breeman ◽  
Wim Meeus ◽  
Susan Branje
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

The effect of parent–adolescent relationship quality on deviant peer affiliation: The mediating role of self-control and friendship quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 2714-2736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangsong Liu ◽  
Harold Chui ◽  
Man Cheung Chung
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Friendship Quality ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

Previous research demonstrated the association between parent–adolescent relationship quality and deviant peer affiliation, but it is unclear whether this relation is mediated by other psychological and interpersonal variables, whether father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality have different pathways in predicting deviant peer affiliation, and whether gender moderates these associations. A sample of 543 students from grades 10 to 12 (42.7% male; age M = 16.2 years, SD = 1.0) was selected from a Chinese high school in Shenzhen, China. They provided demographic variables and completed self-report measures of father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality, self-control, friendship quality, and deviant peer affiliation. The results showed that lower father–adolescent relationship quality was associated with lower self-control, which in turn was associated with higher deviant peer affiliation. Mother–adolescent relationship quality did not have direct or indirect association with deviant peer affiliation. In addition, male and female adolescents had no significant difference in the associations between father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality, self-control, friendship quality, and deviant peer affiliation. Implications and limitations of these findings were discussed.

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