Return to top of page Fact Sheet for Familial Domain 1. Adolescents want parents who are interested in them, help them, and spend quality time with them-who will provide companionship. Adolescents want parents who will listen and understand, and with whom they can communicate. Affect refers to the feelings or emotions that exist among family members. It may be positive or negative.
Some parents find it hard to express love and affection.
Adolescents want parents who will accept them as they are. Adolescents want parents to trust them. Autocratic control tends to produce a combination of rebellion and dependency. The effect of punitive measures is usually negative. Permissive control results in lack of socialization and produces many negative effects.