1. The family context as a foundation for romantic relationships: A person-centered multi-informant longitudinal study
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Hadiwijaya, Hana, Klimstra, Theo A., Darling, Nancy, Vermunt, Jeroen K., Branje, Susan, Meeus, Wim H.J., Leerstoel Branje, Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants, Developmental Psychology, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Leerstoel Branje, and Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants
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Male ,Parents ,Longitudinal study ,PERCEPTIONS ,Adolescent ,person-centered ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MODELS ,Passion ,PsycINFO ,VARIABLES ,Developmental psychology ,Young Adult ,Interpersonal relationship ,parent-adolescent relationships ,Perception ,Taverne ,Parent- adolescent relationships ,Humans ,QUALITY ,Family ,Interpersonal Relations ,Longitudinal Studies ,Parent-Child Relations ,Romantic relationships ,Young adult ,Psychology(all) ,Competence (human resources) ,General Psychology ,Netherlands ,media_common ,INTIMACY ,05 social sciences ,Middle Aged ,COMPETENCE ,Romance ,NETWORKS ,Sexual Partners ,ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIPS ,romantic relationships ,Adolescent Behavior ,050902 family studies ,Female ,Person-centered ,TRAJECTORIES ,0509 other social sciences ,COMMITMENT ,Psychology - Abstract
This 8-wave person-centered multi-informant study tested whether the quality of parent-adolescent relationships predicted the romantic experiences of young adults and their partners (N = 374; 54.8% girls; Mage = 13.08 years, SDage = 0.48 at the first measurement wave). Perceptions of parent-adolescent relationships were assessed using adolescent, mother, and father reports. Results show that both young adults and their partners reported the highest levels of support, intimacy, and passion when young adults had an authoritative relationship quality with their parents. A distant parent-adolescent relationship quality, however, predicted the lowest support, intimacy, and passion in romantic relationships. Interestingly, the association between parent-adolescent relationships with the experience of young adults' romantic partners was indirect. Parent-adolescent relationships predicted target young adults' romantic relationship experiences, which predicted partners' romantic relationship experiences. Parent-child relationship quality therefore has far-reaching, yet subtle, effects on later romantic relationships, affecting both young adults and their partners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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- 2020
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