Questionnaire results indicated the majority of daughters who have a good relationship with their mothers see themselves and their mothers as feminist. However, they do not attribute their positive relationship explicitly to feminism. For daughters who claim to have a poor relationship with their mothers, they do attribute the problems to…

Sought to determine if a correlation existed between the incidence of depression among 24 adolescents admitted to a hospital psychiatric service and the incidence of depression among their parents. No correlation between adolescent and paternal depression was found. (Since mothers evidenced no depression, their test results were not correlated…

Studied 16 parent/adolescent cancer patient pairs on their knowledge and understanding of illness, medications and treatments, and their medication compliance. Found that adolescent responses closely matched those of their parents on all topics. Age was positively correlated with agreement for medication instructions. Findings have implications…

Examined perceived relationships between 95 mothers and their adolescent daughters to determine if there was a significant difference in mother-daughter relationshhip as perceived by pregnant versus nonpregnant adolescents, and whether mothers of these two groups differed in their feelings for their daughters. Found no striking differences between…

Adolescents' perceptions of parental behavior (parental control, maternal love and control, and maternal hostility and autonomy) was shown to discriminate among juvenile offenders and nonoffenders. (Author/CM)

Intergenerational conflict and intimacy levels between New Zealand parents and adolescents were measured. Most adolescents and parents perceived their relationships to be harmonious and happy. Adolescents were as intimate with fathers as with mothers. There was a trend for conflict to be less with fathers than with mothers, particularly for girls.…

Examined families affected by steel mill shutdown. Compared families with adolescents in which father was continuously unemployed, unemployed with slight income loss, unemployed with significant income loss. Adolescents' relationships with fathers were more negative when income loss was significant; relationships with mothers were not more…

An examination of female adolescent attitudes toward parents and peers was undertaken by the writer. The basic hypothesis, that adolescents' attitudes toward their peers is not more favorable than their attitude toward their parents, was made evident by a survey of the attitude scores. (KC)

Explores the relationship of parent-child communication to youth drug involvement by analyzing data from substance abuse surveys. It was found that: parents are most often identified as the individuals who have talked to children about drugs; youth consider parents to be credible sources of information about drugs; and as perceived family…

Addresses the process of socialization that takes place in the parent, with the child and adolescent as the socialization agent. Results show adolescents to be effective agents of socialization to their parents in both attitude and behavior in such areas as sports, leisure, minority groups, youth, drug use, and sexuality. (Author/BL)

Compared the mother-daughter relationships of 20 pregnant and 40 nonpregnant adolescents. Results indicated the pregnant group perceived less affection, disclosure, and fewer demands and more rejection and casual rule-setting in the relationship. Results emphasize the importance of scholastic achievement and strong parent-child relationships as…

Explores how family transitions affect parenting practices in a sample of adolescents. Adolescents from all family types reported significant declines in behavioral control, but not parental responsiveness. Findings suggest that adolescent individuation may overshadow family-type differences during middle adolescence. (Contains 50 references and 3…

Analyzed changes in parent-child relationship from data collected from mothers, fathers, and oldest children in 110 families whose oldest child was 11, 14, or 17. Results provide insight into expectations and processes involved in revising the quality of parent-child relationships during early adolescence. Socialization for independence during…

Assessed self-concepts and evaluations of parents of a sample of high school students (n=174). Findings indicated that students' evaluations of parents, but not self-concepts, were significantly correlated with the perceived "loving" actions engaged in by their parents toward one another. Findings are in marked contrast to results reported by…

Examined relationship between religiosity of 285 mothers and their offspring, taking both sex and sexual orientation of offspring into account. Female offspring were found to be more religious than male offspring, and their religiosity tended to more closely resemble that of their mothers. Offspring who were not exclusively heterosexual tended to…