Predicting Interpersonal Competence and Self-Worth from Adolescent Relationships and Relationship Networks: Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Laursen, Brett; Furman, Wyndol; Mooney, Karen S.
Titel	Predicting Interpersonal Competence and Self-Worth from Adolescent Relationships and Relationship Networks: Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Perspectives
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 52 (2006) 3, S.572-600 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Adolescents; Grade 12; Grade 10; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; Prediction; Longitudinal Studies; Attitude Measures; Social Support Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Friendship; Peer Relationship; Intimacy; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Vorhersage; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Freundschaft; Peer-Beziehungen; Intimität; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	A two-year longitudinal investigation examined adolescents' (N = 100 girls and 99 boys) perceptions of social support in relationships with mothers, close friends, and romantic partners from Grade 10 (ages 14-16) to Grade 12 (ages 16-18). Adolescents, mothers, and close friends also provided descriptions of the participants' global self-worth and interpersonal competence. Variable-centered and person-centered analyses revealed that perceived social support tends to be similar across relationships and stable over time. Variable-centered analyses indicated that social support in mother-adolescent relationships was uniquely related to adolescent global self-worth; that social support in close friendships was uniquely related to social acceptance, friendship competence, and romantic competence; and that social support in romantic relationships was uniquely related to romantic competence. Person-centered analyses indicated that adolescents who reported high social support in all three relationships had higher self-worth and greater interpersonal competence than those who did not have a romantic relationship and who reported low social support in relationships with mothers and close friends; and that scores for adolescents who had a romantic relationship but who reported low social support in all three relationships fell in between these two groups. Taken together, variable-centered analyses suggest that different relationships influence different dimensions of competence, but person-centered analyses indicate that a sizable proportion of adolescents have relationships that act in concert with one another. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10