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Developmental changes in adolescents’ perceptions of relationships with their parents

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De Goede, Irene H. A., Branje, Susan J. T., Meeus, Wim H. J.·2009·Journal of Youth and Adolescence
DOI 10.1007/s10964-008-9286-7
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This 4-wave longitudinal study examines developmental changes in adolescents' perceptions of parent-adolescent relationships by assessing parental support, conflict with parents, and parental power. A total of 951 early adolescents (50.4% boys) and 390 middle adolescents (43.3% boys) participated. Univariate and multivariate growth curve analyses showed that support declined from early to middle adolescence for boys and girls and increased from middle to late adolescence for girls, while stabilizing for boys. Conflict was found to temporarily increase during middle adolescence. Parental power (relative power and dominance of parents) decreased from early to late adolescence. Results indicated that: (1) parent-adolescent relationships become more egalitarian during adolescence, (2) parents perceived by adolescents as powerful are viewed as supportive, especially in early adolescence, and (3) perceived conflict with parents is related to but not an impetus for changes in parent-adolescent relationships towards more equality.

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  • During adolescence, children increasingly rely on their peers, especially close friends, for companionship, intimacy, and support.

    “During adolescence, children increasingly rely on their peers, especially on close friends, for companionship, intimacy, and support (Brown and Larson 2009; De Goede et al. 2009).”

    From Perceived Quality of the Mother–Adolescent and Father–Adolescent Attachment Relationship and Adolescents’ Self-Esteem (2019) · cites this paper as De Goede et al. 2009

    The Introduction (page not available) says adolescents spend less time with family and increasingly focus on peers. It does not say they increasingly rely on close friends specifically for companionship, intimacy, and support; the paper’s discussion of support concerns parents. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • The occurrence and development of cognitive empathy and affective empathy had different neural bases.

    “The study proposed that the occurrence and development of cognitive empathy and affective empathy had different neural bases [43].”

    From The Relationship between Empathy and Attachment in Children and Adolescents: Three-Level Meta-Analyses. (2022) · cites this paper as [43]

    The Development of Support, Conflict, and Power and Plan for Analyses sections discuss adolescents’ perceptions of parental relationships, not neural bases of empathy. Searches for cognitive and affective empathy, and for brain or neural development, found no passage addressing the claim; the indexed passages provide no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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Authors
De Goede, I. H. A., Branje, S. J. T., & Meeus, W. H. J.
Affiliations
Utrecht University (NL)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2008-03-18
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
75-88
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
DOI
10.1007/s10964-008-9286-7
OpenAlex
W2116306709
Cited by
502
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 19
FWCI
10.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
parent-adolescent relationships, perceived parental support, parent-adolescent conflict, parental authority, developmental changes, early adolescence, middle adolescence, gender differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Dominance-Subordination, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Netherlands, Parent-Child Relations, Power, Psychological, Sex Factors, Social Support, Sociometric Techniques, Multivariate Analysis, Linear Models, Adolescent Development, Family Conflict, Young Adult

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