1. Mother-Adolescent Conflict: Adolescent Goals, Maternal Perspective-Taking, and Conflict Intensity
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Maayan Davidov, Leah J. Lundell, Kelly McShane, and Joan E. Grusec
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Cultural Studies ,Emotional support ,Goal orientation ,Age differences ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Personal autonomy ,Developmental psychology ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Dominance (ethology) ,Perspective-taking ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Parenting styles ,Psychology ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Autonomy ,media_common - Abstract
Younger and older adolescents were interviewed about their goals in recent disagreements with their mothers. Six goals were identified: instrumental (simply gaining their immediate desire); dyadic concern; achieving emotional support; autonomy; dominance; and nonengagement (avoidance of conflict). Younger adolescents reported significantly more instrumental and significantly fewer emotional support and dominance goals than did older adolescents. Maternal perspective-taking predicted more dyadic concern and fewer dominance goals, as well as more nonengagement goals for younger adolescents. Dominance goals mediated the effect of maternal dyadic perspective-taking on conflict intensity for older adolescents.
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- 2008
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