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Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which parentchild interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youth experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents. Relatively little empirical research, however, addresses individual differences in the quality of parentadolescent interactions concerning potentially conflictual issues. The research reported in this monograph examined dispositional and parenting predictors of the quality of parents' and their adolescent children's emotional displays and positive and negative verbalizations when dealing with conflictual issues. Of particular interest were patterns of continuity and discontinuity in the factors related to conflicts. A multimethod, multireporter (mother, teacher, and sometimes adolescent reports) longitudinal approach(over 4 years) was used to assess adolescents' dispositional characteristics (control/r

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ABSTRACT.

I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.

II. SAMPLE AND MEASURES.

III. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CORRELATIONS.

IV. GROWTH CURVES, PREDICTION OF CONFLICT REACTIONS FROM GROWTH CURVES, AND TESTS OF MEDIATED RELATIONS.

V. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION.

REFERENCES.

COMMENTARY.

CONFLICTING VIEWS OF CONFLICT (Judith G. Smetana).

PUTTING CONFLICT IN CONTEXT (Nancy Darling).

CONTRIBUTORS.

STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY.

Understanding MotherAdolescent Conflict

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 24 October 2008
      ISBN-13 9781405192149
      978-1405192149
      ISBN-10 1405192143
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which parentchild interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youth experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents. Relatively little empirical research, however, addresses individual differences in the quality of parentadolescent interactions concerning potentially conflictual issues. The research reported in this monograph examined dispositional and parenting predictors of the quality of parents' and their adolescent children's emotional displays and positive and negative verbalizations when dealing with conflictual issues. Of particular interest were patterns of continuity and discontinuity in the factors related to conflicts. A multimethod, multireporter (mother, teacher, and sometimes adolescent reports) longitudinal approach(over 4 years) was used to assess adolescents' dispositional characteristics (control/r

      Table of Contents
      ABSTRACT.

      I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.

      II. SAMPLE AND MEASURES.

      III. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CORRELATIONS.

      IV. GROWTH CURVES, PREDICTION OF CONFLICT REACTIONS FROM GROWTH CURVES, AND TESTS OF MEDIATED RELATIONS.

      V. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION.

      REFERENCES.

      COMMENTARY.

      CONFLICTING VIEWS OF CONFLICT (Judith G. Smetana).

      PUTTING CONFLICT IN CONTEXT (Nancy Darling).

      CONTRIBUTORS.

      STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY.

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