Developmental and individual correlates of mother-daughter attunement in early adolescence.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Description: Although past research has concentrated on problem behaviours and the development of psychopathology during the early adolescent transition, the present study looked instead at three aspects of normative adolescent development: the relationship of pubertal (physical) development, autonomy, and mother-daughter familiarity to the emotional quality of mother-daughter interactions. Fifty-six mother-daughter dyads filled out questionnaires that were analyzed for measures of pubertal development, autonomy, and mother-daughter familiarity. Ten of these dyads were video-recorded while participating in three discussions: two positive collaborative discussions and a conflict discussion. The discussions were analyzed for emotional variability as well as mother-daughter attunement, using a new dynamic systems method---state space grid techniques. The findings revealed a relationship between physical development and mother-daughter positive attunement, but no relationship between (a) either autonomy or mother-daughter familiarity and pubertal development, and (b) either autonomy or mother-daughter familiarity and the emotional quality of mother-daughter interactions.
Notes: Adviser:  Marc Lewis.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, page: 2348.

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