This study examines the degree to which the existence of a pre-adolescent “chum” interacts
with family and social environments to buffer mental distress in adolescents. 831 high school …

Parental bonding can be described as an attachment between the child and parents. In
other words, parental bonding is an emotional bond between infants and their primary …

Background: Although the protective effects of familial and parental support have been
studied extensively in the child psychopathology literature, few studies have explored the …

This study focused on support and conflict in parent–child relationships and dyadic
friendships as predictors of behavior problems in early adolescence (n= 182; M age= 12.9 …

Merely a half century ago, research examining contextual correlates of youth
psychopathology focused almost exclusively on parental factors (Hartup, 1970). Several …

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Laura Canetti, Eytan Bachar, Esti Galili-Weisstub, Atara Kaplan De-Nour and Arieh Y. Shalev …

The aim of this study was to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying
the relationships between family connectedness, coping strategies, and stress-triggering …

Research has yet to determine how relationships outside of the family system may buffer
negative outcomes associated with hopelessness among racial minority youth. In a sample …

We examine the association of family cohesion and conflict with childhood behavior
problems. A stratified random sample of 823 children was evaluated at ages 6 and 11 years …

This study draws on the family systems concepts of triangulation and wholism to investigate
how interparental conflict may affect adolescents' psychological adjustment. An ethnically …