Maternal, Paternal, and Peer Relationships Differentially Predict Adolescent Behavioral Problems.

ABSTRACT: The current study investigated how maternal, paternal, and peer social relationships predict adolescent behavioral problems using secondary data analyses of the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). We aimed to examine differences between maternal and paternal relationships in predicting adolescent behavioral problems, and we hypothesized that parental relationships would more strongly predict adolescent behavioral problems than peer relationship in mid-adolescence. Participants were 929 adolescents at their 14-year-old visit. Hierarchical multiple regressions and multiple regression models revealed the following: Maternal relationship quality predicted fewer adolescent externalizing and total behavioral problems; paternal relationship quality predicted fewer internal

SUBMITTER: Tang CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908789 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature