TY - JOUR
T1 - Who's the boss? Patterns of perceived control in adolescents' friendships
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly A.
AU - Helms, Heather M.
AU - McHale, Susan M.
AU - Crouter, Ann C.
AU - Thayer, Shawna M.
AU - Sales, Lara H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the families and friends who participated in this project. We thank Ella Bashore, Alan Booth, Matthew Bumpus, Devon Corneal, Julia Jackson-Newsom, Jill Lawrence, Mary Maguire, Joseph Novotny, Robert Smith, Jennifer Tanner, and Corinna Jenkins Tucker for their assistance in conducting this investigation, and Richard Fabes and Debra Madden-Derdich for their comments on an earlier version of this paper. Funding was provided by NICHD grant R01HD29409-01A3 (Ann C. Crouter and Susan M. McHale, co-principal investigators) and a Fisher Fellowship (The Pennsylvania State University) awarded to the first author. Contributions also were provided by McDonald’s (Altoona, Holli-daysburg, Huntingdon, Mifflinburg, and Lewistown, PA), Burger King (Williamsport, PA), and Wendy’s Corporations (State College, Bellefonte, PA).
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - This study examined the nature and correlates of different patterns of perceived control in adolescents' relationships with their best friends. Participants included firstborn adolescents (M = 14.94 years), their younger siblings (M = 12.44 years) and both their mothers and fathers in 163 families as well as a best friend of each adolescent (M = 15 years). Data were collected from family members during home visits regarding adolescents' family relationships, friendships, and psychosocial adjustment; time use data were gathered during a series of 7 nightly phone interviews. Information was obtained from best friends during a brief phone interview. We developed a typology of 3 different patterns of perceived friendship control based on the combination of adolescents' and their best friends' ratings of relational control. Patterns of control in adolescents' friendships were associated with the distribution of control in both parents' marriages and adolescents' sibling relationships. Further analyses, designed to test developmental predictions, revealed connections between friendship control and other qualities of adolescents' friendships (i.e., intimacy, conflict, perspective-taking).
AB - This study examined the nature and correlates of different patterns of perceived control in adolescents' relationships with their best friends. Participants included firstborn adolescents (M = 14.94 years), their younger siblings (M = 12.44 years) and both their mothers and fathers in 163 families as well as a best friend of each adolescent (M = 15 years). Data were collected from family members during home visits regarding adolescents' family relationships, friendships, and psychosocial adjustment; time use data were gathered during a series of 7 nightly phone interviews. Information was obtained from best friends during a brief phone interview. We developed a typology of 3 different patterns of perceived friendship control based on the combination of adolescents' and their best friends' ratings of relational control. Patterns of control in adolescents' friendships were associated with the distribution of control in both parents' marriages and adolescents' sibling relationships. Further analyses, designed to test developmental predictions, revealed connections between friendship control and other qualities of adolescents' friendships (i.e., intimacy, conflict, perspective-taking).
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000037633.39422.b0
DO - 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000037633.39422.b0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4444325402
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 33
SP - 403
EP - 420
JO - Journal of youth and adolescence
JF - Journal of youth and adolescence
IS - 5
ER -