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Lam, Chun Bun; Greene, Kaylin M.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The developmental course, family correlates, and adjustment implications of youth housework participation from age 8-18 were examined. Mothers, fathers, and 2 siblings from 201 European American families provided questionnaire and/or daily diary data on 6 occasions across 7 years. Multilevel modeling within an accelerated longitudinal design…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Adolescents, Working Hours
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Dotterer, Aryn M.; Hoffman, Lesa; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
We examined reciprocal associations between parent-adolescent conflict and academic achievement over a 2-year period. Participants were mothers, fathers, and adolescents from predominantly White, working and middle class families (N = 168). After accounting for previous academic achievement, parent-adolescent conflict predicted relative declines…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Conflict, Academic Achievement, Parents
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Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
This study charted the longitudinal trajectories of wives' and husbands' reports of marital love, satisfaction, and conflict and explored whether and how first- and second-born offspring's pubertal development was related to marital changes. Data were drawn from the first 7 years of a longitudinal study of family relationships. Participants…
Descriptors: Spouses, Puberty, Intimacy, Conflict
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Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2003
Seeks evidence for the proposition that experiences with earlier-born adolescents will improve parents' interactions with and parenting of later-born adolescents. Findings suggest that when parent-adolescent relationships were measured at the same age for both siblings, parents experienced less conflict with their second-born and exhibited greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Experience, Parent Child Relationship
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Updegraff, Kimberly A.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Kupanoff, Kristina – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
Compared mothers' and fathers' direct involvement in adolescent girls' versus boys' peer relationships, and examined the links between parents' involvement and the qualities of adolescents' friendship and peer experiences. Findings revealed mothers were more knowledgeable about adolescents' peer relationships than fathers, and both mothers and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Fathers, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
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McHale, Susan M.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined patterns of mothers' and fathers' differential treatment of first-born and second-born school-age siblings in 110 families and the links between parents' differential treatment and children's well-being and dyadic family relationships. Found that parental patterns were linked to differences between the siblings' well-being and that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Family Relationship
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Crouter, Ann C.; Helms-Erikson, Heather; Updegraff, Kimberly; McHale, Susan M. – Child Development, 1999
Examined correlates of parents' knowledge about their children's daily experiences. Found between- and within-family differences as a function of mothers' work involvement, sibling composition, and children's and adults' personal qualities. Fathers knew more when mothers worked longer hours. Parents knew more about younger than older offspring.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Child Rearing, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Crouter, Ann C.; Bumpus, Matthew F.; Maguire, Mary C.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined connections between parents' work pressure and adolescent adjustment in 190 dual-earner families. Found that effects of work pressure on adolescent well-being were mediated by parental role overload and parent-adolescent conflict. Fathers' work pressure predicted both parents' feelings of role overload. Mothers' work pressure predicted…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Adjustment, Employed Parents
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Bumpus, Matthew F.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Investigated ways in which indicators of parental autonomy granting (decision-making input and parental knowledge of adolescents' daily experiences) differed as a function of context and personal qualities. Found that firstborns were granted more autonomy than second borns, especially in families with firstborn girls and second-born boys. Girls in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Birth Order