Perceived family relationship quality and use of poly-tobacco products during early and late adolescence

AbstractWhile youth with higher levels of depressive symptoms appear to have lower quality romantic relationships, little is known about longitudinal associations for both men and women. Therefore, this study used longitudinal dyadic design to examine both concurrent and longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and positive as well as negative aspects of romantic relationship quality across two waves one- or two-years apart. The sample consisted of 149 Dutch stable heterosexual couples (149 females and 142 males participated at T1) in a stable romantic relationship in late adolescence with a mean age of 20.43 years old at the first wave. Actor-Partner Interdependence models were used to examine potential bidirectional associations over time between depressive symptoms and romantic relationship quality, above and beyond potential concurrent associations and stability of the constructs over time, from the perspective of both romantic partners. Results consistently indicated that men and women who reported higher levels of depressive symptoms perceived less positive aspects (intimacy and support) and more negative aspects (conflict) in their romantic relationship over time. In addition, unexpectedly, when men and women perceived more positive relationship aspects, their partners reported higher levels of depressive symptoms over time. These findings stress that depressive symptoms can interfere with the formation of high-quality romantic relationships.

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Family Relationship History, Contemporary Parent-Grandparent Relationship Quality, and the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship

Journal of Marriage and Family ◽

10.2307/352782 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 1025 ◽

Cited By ~ 64

Author(s):

Les B. Whitbeck ◽

Danny R. Hoyt ◽

Shirley M. Huck

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Relationship History

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Youth Online Media Use: Associations with Youth Demographics, Parental Monitoring, and Parent-Child Relationships

Journal of Youth Development ◽

10.5195/jyd.2014.72 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 59-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jessie Rudi ◽

Jodi Dworkin

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Youth Development ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Media Use ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Online Media ◽

Youth Workers ◽

Frequent User ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Parent Child

As online media has become an increasingly important part of youths’ daily lives, it is critical for the field to explore questions related to youth online media use in order to support youth workers, youth development practice and programming. Using a national sample of youth age 13-22 (N = 585), the current study explored demographic differences in youth online media use, and examined associations between youth demographics, parental monitoring, parent-child relationship quality, and likelihood of being a frequent user of online activities. Although youth reported being frequent users of online media, Internet use was not the same for all youth. Online media use differed significantly by youth age, gender, race, and family relationship quality. The findings remind the field to consider the young people we are working with and how they use online media in their daily lives.

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