The multiple family group as a small society: family regulation of interaction with nonmembers.
The authors observed the interaction of 18 families, each of which contained at least 1 adolescent, for a period of 55 weeks. They found that changes in either the parents' or the adolescents' group participation levels were quickly matched by comparable changes in the other generation, suggesting a continuously operating family control mechanism governing participation of members in interaction with nonmembers.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior