Effects of Pubertal Timing on Communication Behaviors and Stress Reactivity in Young Women during Conflict Discussions with Their Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Weichold, Karina; Buttig, Sabine; Silbereisen, Rainer K.
Titel	Effects of Pubertal Timing on Communication Behaviors and Stress Reactivity in Young Women during Conflict Discussions with Their Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 9, S.1123-1133 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9260-9
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Females; Late Adolescents; Puberty; Interpersonal Communication; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Conflict; Emotional Response; Adolescent Development; Early Adolescents; Preadolescents; Parent Child Relationship; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Weibliches Geschlecht; Halbstarker; Pubertät; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Konflikt; Emotionales Verhalten; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Individuation, a process whereby adolescents gain autonomy from their parents while maintaining emotional relatedness, is displayed by characteristic styles of verbal exchanges. Negotiating this developmental transition is often stressful for adolescents and their parents. This study deals with the association between pubertal timing, communication behaviors, and stress reactivity assessed during young females' conflict discussions with their mothers. A sample of N = 32 girls (age 9-13, T1) was grouped by pubertal timing. Years later (age 17-22, T2) they were followed up and videotapes of daughter-mother conflict discussions were evaluated. Salivary alpha-amylase was used to assess the stress reactivity. Results revealed that young women who had entered puberty early were higher in striving for control and separation in interactions with their mothers, and displayed higher stress levels. These results pointed to less successful individuation in late adolescence/young adulthood compared to on-time and late maturing age mates. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10