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Društvena istraživanja : Journal for General Social Issues, Vol. 6 No. 4-5 (30-31), 1997.

Original scientific paper

PARENTAL CHILD REARING PRACTICES AND ADOLESCENT PEER RELATIONS

Maja Deković ; Utrecht University, Utrecht
Zora Raboteg-Šarić ; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine which aspects of parentadolescent
relations contribute to the quality of adolescentpeer
relations. Five hundred and eight families participated in the
study. The sample consisted of 969 parents (502 mothers and 467
fathers) and 508 children (254 females and 254 males), 12 to 18
years old. Parents were administered questionnaires measuring
parent-child relationship, while adolescents completed questionnaires
measuring their relationship towards peers. Several aspects
of the quality of parent-child relations were assessed: parental acceptance,
attachment, involvement, responsiveness, love withdrawal
and monitoring of the child. The indicators of the quality of
peer relations were: degree of peer activity, having a best friend,
perceived acceptance by peers and attachment to peers. The
findings suggested that a distinction should be made between two
aspects of adolescents' relationship with peers: involvement with
peers (defined as the degree of activities with peers and friendships
which are more superficial in nature) and the quality of the
relationship with peers (defined as perceived social acceptance
and attachment to peers). Different aspects of the parent-adolescent
relationship predicted involvement with peers and the quality
of peer relations. Parental acceptance and monitoring of the
child appeared to be the most important predictors of the adolescent-
peer relations. Parental acceptance of the child was associated
with a higher quality of the relationship with peers, while low
monitoring of the adolescents' activities was associated with a
higher involvement with peers. Results also indicated that mothers'
and fathers' child-rearing practices related in a similar way to
the adolescent-peer relations.

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Hrčak ID:

31606

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31606

Publication date:

30.6.1997.

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