Exploring Processes in Day-to-Day Parent–Adolescent Conflict and Angry Mood: Evidence for Circular Causality |
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Authors: | Emily J LoBraico Miriam Brinberg Nilam Ram Gregory M Fosco |
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Institution: | 1. Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;2. Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Parent–adolescent conflict has been studied both as a precursor of long-term macrolevel developmental risks and as an outcome of microlevel, moment-to-moment interaction patterns. However, the family-level processes underlying the maintenance or regulation of conflict in daily life are largely overlooked. A meso-level understanding of parent–adolescent conflict offers important practical insights that have direct implications for interventions. The present study explores day-to-day reciprocal processes and carryover in parents’ and adolescents’ experiences of anger and conflict. Daily diary data provided by parent–adolescent dyads (N = 151) from two-caregiver households (adolescents: 61.59% female, mean age = 14.60 years) over 21 days were examined using a multivariate Poisson multilevel model to evaluate the circular causality principle in parents’ and adolescents’ daily conflict and anger. Findings offer empirical support for the theory, suggesting that parents’ and adolescents’ anger and conflict exist together in a feedback loop wherein conflict is both a consequence of past anger and also an antecedent of future anger, both within and across persons. Increased understanding of the daily interaction patterns and maintenance of parent–adolescent conflict can guide more informed, targeted, and well-timed interventions intended to ameliorate the consequences of problematic parent–adolescent conflict sequences. |
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Keywords: | Family systems theory Carryover effects Residue Parent-adolescent conflict Daily diary Dyadic data analysis teoría familiar sistémica efectos residuales remanente conflicto entre padres y adolescentes registro diario análisis de datos diádicos 家庭系统理论 延滞效应 家长-青少年冲突 日记 二元数据分析 |
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