Adolescents' perceptions of family responsibility-taking.
A scale was developed to solicit adolescents' perceptions of their family responsibility-taking (defined as helping out and being supportive). Four hundred adolescents were administered this scale together with self-report measures of intimacy with parents and peers as well as other psychological variables (self-esteem, depression, risk-taking, and drug use). The results revealed that adolescents who felt they assumed more family responsibility reported less depression, more intimate relationships with their parents, and higher self-esteem.
Taylor
S
S
University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
Field
T
T
Yando
R
R
Gonzalez
K P
KP
Harding
J
J
Lasko
D
D
Mueller
C
C
Bendell
D
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D010287:Parent-Child Relations