TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers and Fathers Matter
T2 - The Influence of Parental Support, Hostility, and Problem Solving on Adolescent Friendships
AU - Flynn, Heather Kohler
AU - Felmlee, Diane H.
AU - Shu, Xiaoling
AU - Conger, Rand D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors express their appreciation to Bill McCarthy for his helpful comments on this work. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: During the past several years, support for this research has come from multiple sources, including the National Institute of Mental Health (Grants MH00567, MH19734, MH43270, MH48165, and MH51361), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grants DA05347, HD047573), the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (Grant MCJ-109572), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD047573), the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Adolescent Development Among Youth in High-Risk Settings, and the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station (Project No. 3320).
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: During the past several years, support for this research has come from multiple sources, including the National Institute of Mental Health (Grants MH00567, MH19734, MH43270, MH48165, and MH51361), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grants DA05347, HD047573), the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (Grant MCJ-109572), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD047573), the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Adolescent Development Among Youth in High-Risk Settings, and the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station (Project No. 3320).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - We examine the pathways by which parents influence adolescents’ close friendships, focusing on three types of behavioral styles: hostile, warm, and problem solving. Structural equation models are estimated using data at two time points from the Iowa Youth and Families Project (N = 227 friendship pairs). Results suggest that the lives of adolescents and both their mother and father are inexorably linked. Observed interactions with a close friend at Time 2 reveal teens recreate their parents’ original hostile, supportive, and problem-solving styles from Time 1. This outcome depends on (a) type of behavior and (b) gender. Mothers’ supportive behavior, fathers’ problem solving, and both parents’ hostile behavior significantly influence adolescents’ comparable interaction styles. Adolescents’ subsequent behavior toward their friend significantly affects friendship quality. Lower levels of hostile behavior in female youth, increased problem solving by males, and supportive actions toward a friend for both relate positively to rewarding friendships.
AB - We examine the pathways by which parents influence adolescents’ close friendships, focusing on three types of behavioral styles: hostile, warm, and problem solving. Structural equation models are estimated using data at two time points from the Iowa Youth and Families Project (N = 227 friendship pairs). Results suggest that the lives of adolescents and both their mother and father are inexorably linked. Observed interactions with a close friend at Time 2 reveal teens recreate their parents’ original hostile, supportive, and problem-solving styles from Time 1. This outcome depends on (a) type of behavior and (b) gender. Mothers’ supportive behavior, fathers’ problem solving, and both parents’ hostile behavior significantly influence adolescents’ comparable interaction styles. Adolescents’ subsequent behavior toward their friend significantly affects friendship quality. Lower levels of hostile behavior in female youth, increased problem solving by males, and supportive actions toward a friend for both relate positively to rewarding friendships.
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X18755423
DO - 10.1177/0192513X18755423
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047141282
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 39
SP - 2389
EP - 2412
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 8
ER -