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Parents' affect, adolescent cognitive representations, and adolescent social development

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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:47 authored by Blair Paley, Rand D Conger, Gordon Harold
Prior research regarding the role of parent-child relationships in children's social development generally has been limited to concurrent or short-term longitudinal data and has focused primarily on mothers' influence in the early or middle childhood years. Using a multimethod, multiinformant design, the present study extends previous findings by examining whether maternal and paternal affect predicted adolescent social behavior and peer acceptance 2 years later. Both maternal and paternal affect had significant direct and indirect effects (via adolescent cognitive representations of parents) on adolescent negative social behavior as reported by siblings, which in turn predicted decreased peer acceptance as rated by teachers. Findings suggest that both mothers and fathers shape adolescent social development and attest to the importance of exploring multiple pathways that may account for continuity in parent-child and peer relationships.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Marriage and Family

ISSN

0022-2445

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

3

Volume

62

Page range

761-776

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-08-06

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