Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Laursen, Brett
Abstract
The current study examined changes in mother-child and father-child relationships of 210 participants in a 3-year longitudinal study during the 6th through the 8th grade. In each relationship, latent growth curve models found that negativity had a gradual increase over the course of early adolescence, while the change in positivity during this period depended on the initial levels of positivity during the 6th grade. For those high in positivity during the 6th grade, positivity remained stable from 6th to 8th grade, while for those low in positivity during the 6th grade, positivity decreased substantially during this period. In addition, an examination of the links between the relationship features and adjustment measures, such as internalizing and externalizing problems, found that models with initial rates of the relationships predicting changes in adjustment were ideal in comparison to models with both initial rates of and changes in relationships linked to changes in adjustment.
Extent
124 p.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Ryan E., "Parent-child relationships across early adolescence: Changes and adjustment" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 920.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/920
Identifier
FADT12124
Comments
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.