FAMILY CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPING ADOLESCENT PEER RELATIONS

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：本次调查是 旨在增加我们对家庭联动发展的理解 从青春期早期到青春期中期的同伴关系 预测适应性和适应性不良的心理社会功能。家庭和同龄人 关系是根据青少年在发展中的进步而概念化的 在社会关系中建立自主性的发展任务 维护和发展依恋和附属关系。 采用密集、纵向、观察和多报告者设计 进行三项概念受限的研究。研究1：规范性 发展同行关系，评估随着时间的推移的发展 同伴关系中的自主性和附属过程， 考虑到这两个进程之间的联系。研究2：家庭 互动作为同伴关系的预测者，考虑以下方式 青少年-父母互动集合中的自主性和依恋过程 出现类似进程的阶段(例如，抵制同龄人 压力和支持性友谊的形成)在发展同伴中 两性关系。研究3：发展同伴关系的后遗症 思考青少年心理社会的重要方面 功能(例如，抑郁症状、外在行为问题、 改变与父母的关系，以及性风险)可能是 被理解为发展同行关系的结果。这项调查 将使用密集的、观察性的和多方面的- 来自172个社会人口学不同样本的记者数据 有早期青少年的家庭，以及这些家庭的三个同龄人 每年将对青少年进行海浪间隔评估。评估 将包括附件采访、观察和采访 与父母、青少年和同龄人举行会议。重要的社会人口统计 可能影响同伴关系发展的因素也包括 视情况合并到模型中。 这项调查的目的是提供可告知以下情况的信息： 针对同伴的补救性和预防性心理社会干预 影响；(B)评估青少年社会功能的努力；和 (C)努力了解关键社会关系的发展 因为这些都与心理社会功能有关。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): This investigation is designed to increase our understanding of the linked development of family and peer relationships from early to mid-adolescence as these in turn predict adaptive and maladaptive psychosocial functioning. Family and peer relationships are conceptualized in terms of adolescents' progress in the developmental tasks of establishing autonomy in social relationships while maintaining and developing attachment and affiliative bonds. An intensive, longitudinal, observation, and multi-reporter design is used to pursue three conceptually-bounded studies. Study 1: Normative Development of Peer Relationships, assesses development over time in autonomy and attached affiliative processes in peer relationships, considering linkages between these two processes. Study 2: Family Interactions as Predictors of Peer Relationships, considers ways in which autonomy and attachment processes in adolescent-parent interactions set the stage for the emergence of similar processes (e.g., resistance to peer pressure and formation of supportive friendships) in developing peer relationships. Study 3: Sequelae of Developing Peer Relationships, considers ways in which important aspects of adolescent psychosocial functioning (e.g., depressive symptoms, externalizing behavior problems, changing relationships with parents, and sexual risk-taking) can be understood as outcomes of developing peer relations. This investigation will address these questions using intensive, observational and multi- reporter data from a socio-demographically heterogeneous sample of 172 families with early adolescents, along with three peers of these adolescents who will be assessed in for waves spaced annually. Assessments will included attachment interviews, and observation and interview sessions with parents, adolescents, and peers. Important socio-demographic factors that may influence the development of peer relationships are also incorporated into models as appropriate. This investigation is designed to yield information that can inform: (a) remedial and preventative psychosocial interventions targeting peer influences; (b) efforts to assess social functioning in adolescence; and (c) efforts to understand the development of critical social relationships across the lifespan as these are linked to psychosocial functioning.