Parent-Adolescent Reciprocity in Negative Affect and Its Relation to Early Adult Social Development

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Kim, Kee Jeong; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O.; & Elder, Glen H., Jr. (2001). Parent-Adolescent Reciprocity in Negative Affect and Its Relation to Early Adult Social Development. Developmental Psychology, 37(6), 775-790.

Abstract

The purposes of this 9-year, prospective longitudinal study were (a) to investigate hypothesized reciprocal growth in negative emotions between parents and adolescents and (b) to examine the influence of this reciprocal process on the development of social relationships during early adulthood. The results showed that both parents' and adolescents' initial levels of negative emotion toward each other predicted the rate of growth and rate of change in growth of expressed negative affect. In addition, the analyses indicated that an adolescent's enmeshment in reciprocal negativity in the family of origin carried over into early adult social relationships. The findings demonstrate the reciprocal nature of negative affect in interactions between parents and adolescents and suggest that family experience with this interactional style may have an adverse influence on the development of early adult social relationships.

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https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.37.6.775

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Journal Article

Year Published

2001

Journal Title

Developmental Psychology

Author(s)

Kim, Kee Jeong
Conger, Rand D.
Lorenz, Frederick O.
Elder, Glen H., Jr.