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Adolescence, 6/e
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

The Contexts of Adolescence
Families

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According to the popular media, serious differences exist between the values of adolescents and their parents; this is referred to as the .
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Among the 25% of families who report difficulty during adolescence, about had problems before the child entered adolescence.
3

Compared to previous generations, parents tend to be today when their children enter adolescence.
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During adolescence, children assert themselves with their parents (e.g., interrupting more during conversations), but parents resist such power struggles.
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Parents who resist allowing teens to gain influence in the family are more likely to experience problems such as .
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Diminished between parents and children is often reflected in increases in privacy taken by the adolescent, as well as less frequent physical affection.
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Relationships have a influence: parenting behaviors influence children, which influence parenting styles, etc.
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is the degree to which a parent is accepting and supportive of a child's needs.
9

Teens raised by parents are more responsible, self-confident, adaptive, creative, curious, and have higher social and academic skills than other teens.
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Teens raised by parents are more impulsive and exhibit delinquent behavior more than others.
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Engaging children in helps develop the intellectual ability of the child.
12

parenting is more common among minority group families; but it does not seem to have negative effects on children.
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In families where teens are allowed to express themselves without judgment, adolescents develop higher .
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Studies in examine twins who are identical and non-identical (fraternal), and also compare siblings who were adopted into different families.
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are factors that siblings experience about equally, and thus make them similar.
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are unique experiences that make siblings different.
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Exposure to marital is predictive of healthy vs unhealthy adolescent development.
18

Apparent inconsistencies between different studies are more common when the is small. The effect size is the difference between two groups being compared in one study.
19

A statistical procedure called is used to combine the results of different studies, thus "summarizing" the results and providing a clearer picture of the nature of the issues and characteristics in question.
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, which strive to restrict the child's exposure to neighborhood dangers, have positive effects on child development, as long as they are not excessive.