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When Mothers Turn to Their Adolescent Daughters: Predicting Daughters' Vulnerability to Negative Adjustment Outcomes *
Author(s) -
Koerner Susan Silverberg,
Jacobs Stephanie L.,
Raymond Meghan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00301.x
Subject(s) - daughter , psychology , girl , anger , developmental psychology , vulnerability (computing) , distress , psychological distress , clinical psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , computer security , computer science , evolutionary biology , biology
Mother‐to‐daughter disclosure regarding two sensitive topic areas—financial concerns and complaints/anger toward the ex‐husband (the adolescent girl's father)—was examined in a sample of 62 mother/adolescent‐daughter dyads following the mother's divorce. Most mothers in the current sample have disclosed to their daughters on these two topics, but with varying levels of detail and diverse motivations. Daughter perceptions of maternal disclosure were associated with daughter psychological distress, regardless of daughter age.