FAMILY CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPING ADOLESCENT PEER RELATIONS

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：本研究是 旨在增进我们对家庭与发展之间相互联系的理解， 以及青少年早期到中期的同伴关系， 预测适应性和适应不良的心理社会功能。家庭和同伴 关系是概念化的青少年的进展方面， 在社会关系中建立自主性的发展任务， 保持和发展依恋和从属关系。 采用密集、纵向、观察和多报告者设计 进行三项概念性的研究研究1：规范性 同伴关系的发展，评估随着时间的推移， 同伴关系中的自主性和附属性过程， 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因素，考虑了 亲-亲交互集中的自主性和依恋过程 出现类似过程的阶段（例如，同伴抵抗 压力和支持性友谊的形成） 关系。研究3：发展同伴关系的后果， 考虑青少年心理社会学的重要方面 功能（例如，抑郁症状，外化行为问题， 改变与父母的关系，以及性冒险）可能是 被理解为发展同伴关系的结果。这次调查 将使用密集的、观察性的和多方面的方法来解决这些问题， 来自172名社会人口统计学异质样本的报告者数据 有早期青少年的家庭，沿着有三个同龄人， 青少年将被评估为每年间隔一次的波浪。评估 将包括实习访谈、观察和访谈 与父母、青少年和同龄人的会议。重要的社会人口统计学 可能影响同伴关系发展的因素也是 酌情纳入模型。 这项调查的目的是提供资料，以便：（a） 针对同龄人的补救性和预防性心理社会干预 （B）努力评估青少年的社会功能;以及 (c)努力了解关键社会关系的发展 在整个生命周期中，因为这些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.