Personality traits and parent-adolescent interactions: An observational study of Mexican origin families.

ABSTRACT: Parent-child interactions are likely influenced by the personality characteristics of both the parent and the child. However, questions remain concerning the bidirectional nature of these effects (e.g., does a child's personality evoke changes in his or her parent's behavior?). Furthermore, the existing literature is based primarily on European American children and generally relies on questionnaire measures of parent-child interactions rather than assessing behavior during observed interactions. To address these gaps in the literature, the authors evaluated reciprocal associations between personality traits and observed interactions between Mexican origin adolescents (N = 674) and their parents in 5th- and 7th-grade using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006

SUBMITTER: Clark DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995128 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature