Attribution processes in mother-adolescent conflict.

نویسندگان

  • N C Grace
  • M L Kelley
  • A P McCain
چکیده

Attributions reported by 115 mothers and 122 adolescents were examined as they related to family conflict. Subjects completed measures of parent-adolescent conflict (Issues Checklist, Conflict Behavior Questionnaire) and the Mother-Adolescent Attribution Questionnaire. The results revealed that parent-adolescent conflict correlated with mothers' and teenagers' negative attributions. Specifically, self-reported conflict was positively correlated with mothers' and teenagers' beliefs that one another's negative behavior was intentional, selfishly motivated, and blameworthy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of abnormal child psychology

دوره 21 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993