Journal Title
Title of Journal: J Youth Adolescence
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Abbravation: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Authors: David E Szwedo Elenda T Hessel Joseph P Allen
Publish Date: 2016/05/30
Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 454-465
Abstract
Negativity in parent–child relationships during adolescence has been viewed as a risk factor for teens’ future personal and interpersonal adjustment This study examined support from romantic partners and close friends during late adolescence as protective against maternal negativity experienced during early adolescence A combination of observational selfreport and peerreport measures were obtained from a community sample of 97 youth 58 female their mothers closest friends and romantic partners assessed at ages 13 18 and 20 Moderating effects suggested a protective effect of romantic support against maternal negativity across a variety of psychosocial outcomes including depressive symptoms selfworth social withdrawal and externalizing behavior Protective effects were found even after controlling for initial levels of outcome behavior and observed support from close friends throughout adolescence Receiving support from a romantic partner may provide teens with new positive ways of coping with adversity and help them avoid more serious distress that may be predicted from maternal negativity when such support is not availableDS conceived of the study performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript EH participated in data interpretation and coordination of the study JA conceived of the study participated in design and data interpretation and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscriptAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standardsInformed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study Adolescents provided informed assent and their parents provided informed consent before each assessment until participants were old enough to provide informed consent The same assent/consent procedures were used for mothers best friends and romantic partners
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- Pubertal Timing and Substance Use in Middle Adolescence: A 2-Year Follow-up Study
- Bidirectional Associations Between Valued Activities and Adolescent Positive Adjustment in a Longitudinal Study: Positive Mood as a Mediator
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- Evaluation of Yoga for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use Risk Factors in a Middle School Setting: A Preliminary Group-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Youth Empowerment and High School Gay-Straight Alliances
- Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth in an Underserved Area of the Southern United States: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Gender, Racial/Ethnic Background, and School-Level
- Mother–Child Discrepancy in Perceived Family Functioning and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong
- The Effect of Corporal Punishment and Verbal Abuse on Delinquency: Mediating Mechanisms
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- Race and Perceived Pubertal Transition Effects on Girls’ Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behaviors
- Interrelations of Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive School Engagement in High School Students
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- Predictors of Level of Voice in Adolescent Girls: Ethnicity, Attachment, and Gender Role Socialization
- Linking Community, Parenting, and Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Testing Resilience Models of Adolescent Agency Based on Race/Ethnicity and Gender
- Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Does Context Matter in the Etiology of Problem Behaviors?
- Perceived Social Support and Early Adolescents’ Achievement: The Mediational Roles of Motivational Beliefs and Emotions
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