title: Adolescents' perceptions of family responsibility-taking.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yando
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lasko
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bendell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D010287:Parent-Child Relations