Exploring Parent-Adolescent Conflict: An Examination of Correlates and Longitudinal Predictors in Early Adolescence

<p>Previous research has focused on developmental trends in parent-adolescent conflict without extensively describing individual differences in conflict. The current study tested child factors, parent factors, contextual factors, and adolescence-specific factors as concurrent correlates and longitudinal predictors of parent-adolescent conflict. Participants include 218 mother-child dyads, adolescents’ mean age (11years, 11months). Parent and adolescent data was collected during the summers following the adolescents’ 5^th and 6^th grade years. All four groups of variables were associated with parent-adolescent conflict. The child group of factors emerged as the most consistent group of variables concurrently and longitudinally.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Melching, Jessica A

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robert D. Laird

• early adolescence, parent-adolescent conflict, individual differences, predictors
• Child Psychology
• Developmental Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1396

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2353