title: Adolescents' intimacy with parents and friends.
abstract: Adolescents' perceived levels of intimacy with their mother, father, and close friend were examined as a function of demographic, family and school, and psychological variables. Students with same-sex friends and greater interest in school reported greater intimacy with their mothers. Students with higher self-esteem, lower depression, and lower risk-taking scores reported greater intimacy with their mothers and fathers. The greatest number of relationships with positive variables involved intimacy with mothers.
authors.affiliation: Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yando
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bendell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology