In this study, changes in three conflict resolution styles in parent-adolescent relationships were investigated: positive problem solving, conflict engagement, and withdrawal. Questionnaires about these conflict resolution styles were completed by 314 early adolescents (M = 13.3 years; 50.6% girls) and both parents for four consecutive years. Adolescents' reported use of positive problem solvin...

This study investigated the peer victimisation and conflict resolution experiences of adolescent girls attending a single-sex school. A modified version of the Direct and Indirect Aggression Scales (DIAS, Björkqvist, Österman, and Kaukiainen, 1992) and conflict resolution scales, drawn particularly from the work of Feldman and Gowen (1998), were administered to 325 students in Years 8 to 11. Gi...

The link between treatment techniques and long-term treatment outcome was examined in an empirically supported family-based treatment for adolescent drug abuse. Observational ratings of therapist interventions were used to predict outcomes at 6 and 12 months posttreatment for 63 families receiving multidimensional family therapy. Greater use of in-session family-focused techniques predicted red...

Severe and chronic stress may interfere with adolescent neuronal plasticity that turns the juvenile brain into an adult brain increasing the vulnerability to develop anxiety disorders. It is well-known from adult stress research that there is a large individual differentiation in stress vulnerability. The current study is aimed at the individual resilience and vulnerability to adolescent social...

Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which the quality of parent-child interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youths experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents. Nonetheless, there is relatively little empirical research on factors in childhood or adole...

Title of Dissertation: THE INFLUENCE OF DISCREPANCIES IN ADOLESCENT-PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE FAMILY ON ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES IN TRANSRACIALLY ADOPTIVE FAMILIES Katie Marie Hrapczynski, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Associate Professor Leigh Leslie Department of Family Science Transracial adoption creates a family in which the adoptive parent or parents are of a different r...

objective: this study was performed to evaluate the normative data and psychometric properties and the internal consistency of the farsi (persian) version of the strength and difficulties questionnaire (sdq) self-report form, as a screening tool in a community-based sample of 12 to 17 year-old   adolescents of urban tehran. materials & methods:  in this investigation, 1105 adolescents (12 to 17...