FAMILY COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT DURING ADOLESCENCE

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  • Águeda Parra Jiménez
  • Alfredo Oliva Delgado
Keywords: adolescence, family relationships, family communication, family conflict

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the pattern of family communication and conflict during adolescence. A sample of 221 boys and 292 girls aged between 13 and 19, were surveyed about frequency of communication with both parents, frequency of conflicts, emotional intensity of these conflicts and their functional autonomy. The article presents some interesting results. On the one hand it reflects a less negative and less conflictive image of adolescence, due adolescents stating that they do not argue with their parents frequently. On the other hand, our results show important gender differences: girls talk more with their parents, have less arguments with them and are less autonomous than boys. Through adolescence, frequency of family conflict decreases slightly, and family communication increases, mainly for girls. Finally, our results identify an interesting relationship between frequency of conflict and emotional intensity.

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Águeda Parra Jiménez

Universidad de Sevilla

Alfredo Oliva Delgado

Universidad de Sevilla
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Parra Jiménez, Águeda, & Oliva Delgado, A. (2002). FAMILY COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT DURING ADOLESCENCE. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 18(2), 215–231. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/28421
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Adolescence and psychology

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