TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in adolescents' daily interactions with their families from ages 10 to 18
T2 - Disengagement and transformation
AU - Larson, Reed
AU - Moneta, Giovanni
AU - Richards, Maryse H.
AU - Holmbeck, Grayson
AU - Duckett, Elena
PY - 1996/7
Y1 - 1996/7
N2 - In a cross-sequential study spanning 5th-12th grade, 220 White working-and middle-class youth provided reports on their experience at 16,477 random moments in their lives. Amount of time spent with family was found to decrease from 35% to 14% of waking hours across this age period, indicating disengagement. However, transformation and continued connection were evident in stability across age in time talking and alone with parents; an age increase in family conversation about interpersonal issues, particularly for girls; and with age, adolescents' more frequent perception of themselves as leading interactions. After a decrease in early adolescence, older teens reported more favorable affect in themselves and others during family interactions. Last, the age decline in family time was found to be mediated not by internal family conflict but by opportunities and pulls an adolescent experiences from outside the family.
AB - In a cross-sequential study spanning 5th-12th grade, 220 White working-and middle-class youth provided reports on their experience at 16,477 random moments in their lives. Amount of time spent with family was found to decrease from 35% to 14% of waking hours across this age period, indicating disengagement. However, transformation and continued connection were evident in stability across age in time talking and alone with parents; an age increase in family conversation about interpersonal issues, particularly for girls; and with age, adolescents' more frequent perception of themselves as leading interactions. After a decrease in early adolescence, older teens reported more favorable affect in themselves and others during family interactions. Last, the age decline in family time was found to be mediated not by internal family conflict but by opportunities and pulls an adolescent experiences from outside the family.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.32.4.744
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.32.4.744
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751539595
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 32
SP - 744
EP - 754
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 4
ER -