In this study, the authors examined whether parent-child conflict during the middle childhood
years varied among families characterized as having different cultural traditions regarding …

Little prospective work has charted the onset and predictors of subclinical or clinical eating
problems. Eating problems were studied in 116 adolescent girls drawn from a normal …

The goal of this chapter is to review methodological, empirical, and theoretical advances in
studying neighborhood contexts and adolescent development. The first section summarizes …

The long-term consequences of early adolescents' orientation toward peers for their
adjustment during high school were assessed. Approximately 1,200 adolescents completed …

Developmental perspectives on relationships address Processes of dyadic adaptation to
normative changes in individuals. Relationships with parents and peers during adolescence …

Abstract reviews the pattern of developmental and contextual changes that occur in the child
during adolescence and speculates on the implications that each has for parenting/briefly …

Developmentalists are generally interested in systems perspectives and this is reflected in
the theoretical models of the past decade. However, the methodological tools to test these …

A study explored differences in maternal and paternal parenting style and parental
involvement, examined the differences between parents' and adolescents' perceptions of …

The authors describe dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) as developed by Linehan for the
treatment of adults with borderline personality disorder and explain how they have adapted …

The effects of the pubertal transition on behavior problems and its interaction with family and
neighborhood circumstances were examined with a sample of 867 African American …