title: The role of family stressors and parent relationships on adolescent functioning.
abstract: This study examined the association between cumulative family stressors (divorce, interparental conflict, maternal depression) and adolescent functioning as well as the protective role of the parent-adolescent relationship as perceived by the adolescent when family stressors are present. Two hundred and thirty-one adolescents, their mothers, and their social studies teachers served as the subjects. Results indicated that, as family stressors increased, adolescent functioning deteriorated. Furthermore, a positive parent-adolescent relationship as perceived by the adolescent was associated with less deterioration in all areas of functioning. The role of the relationship in protecting the adolescent supported both a stress buffering model and a main effect model.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forehand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wierson
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Armistead
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kempton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neighbors
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology