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African American Late Adolescents' Relationships With Parents: Developmental Transitions and Longitudinal Patterns
Author(s) -
Smetana Judith G.,
Metzger Aaron,
CampioneBarr Nicole
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00715.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , adolescent development , developmental science , longitudinal study , child development , african american , ethnology , history , statistics , mathematics
Five‐year longitudinal patterns and the influence of developmental transitions on 76 middle‐class African American late adolescents' ( M =18.43 years) relationships with parents were examined. Late adolescents were closer to mothers than to fathers. Controlling for age, late adolescent females who had left home reported less negative relationships with mothers than did adolescents living at home or in transition to leaving home, and late adolescent females living at home reported more intense conflicts with parents 3 years earlier than did boys living at home and girls living away. Earlier attachment led to more attached and supportive relationships with both parents and less negative interactions with mothers in late adolescence. Stable father presence also influenced more positive relationships with fathers.