Adolescent Relations with Mothers, Fathers and Friends

by James Youniss and Jacqueline Smollar

University of Chicago Press, 1987
Cloth: 978-0-226-96487-4 | Paper: 978-0-226-96488-1
Library of Congress Classification HQ796.Y583 1985
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.235

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

After interviews with teenagers, Youniss and Smollar find that, though adolescents seek independence from the parent-child bond, they do not abandon the relationship.

"A must for anyone interested in adolescent behavior."—Edward Z. Dager, Contemporary Sociology

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

James Youniss is professor of psychology and a member of the Youth Research Center at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Parents and Peers in Social Developments. Jacqueline Smollar is a research associate at the Youth Research Center.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
1. Interpersonal Relations of Childhood and Their Potential Courses through Adolescence
2. The Studies and the Methodology
3. Adolescent Daughters and Their Relations with Parents
4. Adolescent Sons and Their Relations with Parents
5. Adolescents and Their Relations with Parents: Conclusions
6. Activities and Communications of Close Friendships
7. Problems and Obligations of Close Friendships
8. Cooperation, Consensus, and Co-construction
9. Parents and Friends
10. The Individual and Relations
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
References
Index

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