Continuity and Discontinuity in Perceptions of Family Relationships From Adolescence to Young Adulthood. Issue 2 (24th September 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsai, Kim M.; Telzer, Eva H.; Fuligni, Andrew J.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 84:Issue 2(2013:Mar./Apr.)
• Page Start: 471
• Page End: 484
• Publication Date: 2012-09-24
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01858.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="cdev1858-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The present 8‐year longitudinal study examined how multiple aspects of family relationships change across the transition from adolescence (<italic>M</italic>_age = 15 years) to young adulthood (<italic>M</italic>_age = 22 years) among 821 individuals. Results showed that there was more discontinuity than continuity in family relationships across this transition. Whereas a normative decline was evident in all measured aspects of family relationships during adolescence, this decline persisted for only a few dimensions of family relationships during young adulthood. Other aspects of family relationships stabilized or rebounded. There was little variation in these trajectories as a function of ethnicity or gender, suggesting that these changes in family relationships are generally normative. Results suggest that the transition to adulthood is a period of significant transformation in family relationships.</p> </abstract>