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Attribution processes in mother-adolescent conflict

N C Grace1, M L Kelley, A P McCain

  • 1Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
|April 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Family conflict is linked to negative attributions between mothers and adolescents. Both groups tend to blame each other

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Parent-adolescent relationships are crucial for development.
  • Understanding conflict dynamics is key to family well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between family conflict and attributions in mothers and adolescents.
  • To determine if conflict influences how parents and teens perceive each other's behavior.

Main Methods:

  • 115 mothers and 122 adolescents completed questionnaires.
  • Measures included parent-adolescent conflict (Issues Checklist, Conflict Behavior Questionnaire) and attribution styles (Mother-Adolescent Attribution Questionnaire).

Main Results:

  • Parent-adolescent conflict showed a positive correlation with negative attributions from both mothers and teenagers.
  • Increased conflict was associated with beliefs that negative behaviors were intentional, selfish, and blameworthy.

Conclusions:

  • Negative attributions are associated with higher levels of parent-adolescent conflict.
  • This suggests a cycle where conflict fuels negative perceptions, and vice versa.

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