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Reconstructions of Family Relationships: Parent-Child Alliances, Personal Distress, and Self-Esteem.

Jacobvitz, Deborah B.; Bush, Nell F. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined how women's reconstruction of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Found that women who recalled cross-generational alliances or triangulated family patterns, and whose parents were emotionally distant, were more at risk for depression, anxiety, and low…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns, College Students

Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Evaluated prevalence of the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and conduct problems in a community sample of 10th-grade adolescents participating in a four-year longitudinal study. Found that early hostile parent behavior increased the probability of later occurrence and co-occurrence of elevated depressive symptoms and conduct problems, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns