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Grotevant, Harold D.; Cooper, Catherine R. – Child Development, 1985
Developed a model of individuation in family relationships focused on communicative processes. Expressions of four dimensions of the model (self-esteem, separateness, permeability, and mutuality) were predicted to be positively associated with identity exploration in adolescents. Analysis of observations of families in a Family Interaction Task…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Fathers

Heaven, Patrick; Searight, H. Russell; Chastain, Julie; Skitka, Linda J. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1996
Focuses on the relationship between family climate and personality structure, as well as the relationship between family of origin and self-esteem. Results indicate that sociability was positively and moderately related to healthy family functioning. Life satisfaction and self-esteem were much more strongly associated with perceived family…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Family Characteristics
Hill, Nancy E. – 1993
A study examined age and sex differences in engagement style and locus of control and their influence on African-American parent-adolescent relationships. The study subjects were 71 students in 9th grade and 57 students in 11th grade from 4 high schools in a large midwestern city; 46 college freshmen attending a large midwestern university; and 46…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Black Students, Blacks