Within-family conflict behaviors as predictors of conflict in adolescent romantic relations

Nancy Darling; Catherine L. Cohan; Andrew Burns; Louisa Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.003

Within-family conflict behaviors as predictors of conflict in adolescent romantic relations

Nancy Darling
, Catherine L. Cohan
, Andrew Burns
, Louisa Thompson

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Continuity in conflict behaviors from (a) adolescents' behavior with parents and their behavior with romantic partners and (b) from parents' marriage to adolescents' romantic relationships were examined in a sample of 58 mother-father-adolescent families and the adolescents' romantic partners. The social relations model was used to analyze within-family reports of own and partner conflict behavior. Mother-father consensus about adolescents' use of physical aggression was associated with romantic partners' reports of adolescents' physical aggression. Less functional behaviors observed during observed marital conflict were associated with a range of less functional conflict behaviors in adolescents' observed interactions with romantic partners, including withdrawal, verbal aggression, negativity, ineffective problem solving, and low cohesion. Within-family conflict and methodological issues in the use of partner and self-reports of conflict behaviors are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	671-690
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.003
State	Published - Dec 2008

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Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Within-family conflict behaviors as predictors of conflict in adolescent romantic relations

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