title: Atypical dimensions of caregiver-adolescent interaction in an economically disadvantaged sample.
abstract: The Goal-Corrected Partnership Adolescent Coding System (GPACS) has shown promise in assessing a secure as well as three atypical patterns of parent-adolescent interaction during a conflict discussion. The current study of 186 economically disadvantaged families examines the degree to which four GPACS patterns: secure/collaborative, hostile/punitive, role confused, and disoriented, prospectively predict adolescents' social competence and maladaptive behavior (internalizing, externalizing, and risk behaviors) at age 15 years after controlling for these social behaviors at age 13 years and contemporaneous GPACS scores. Adolescents from secure/collaborative dyads at age 13 were more likely to have a secure state of mind in the Adult Attachment Interview at age 15 and showed higher levels of teachers' ratings of empathy and lower levels of teachers' ratings of externalizing behaviors at age 15 years. Adolescents in disoriented dyads showed higher levels of teacher-rated internalizing problems, while male adolescents in role confused dyads reported higher levels of involvement in risk behaviors, including unprotected sexual activity and substance use problems.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobak
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Kristyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zajac
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware.
authors.forename: Abby
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisk
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bounoua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult