Here We Go Again: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Emotional Rigidity across Parent-Adolescent Conflicts

Autor/inn/en	Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Anna; Kunnen, Saskia E.; van Geert, Paul L. C.
Titel	Here We Go Again: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Emotional Rigidity across Parent-Adolescent Conflicts
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 5, S.1364-1375 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0016713
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Development; Females; Conflict; Adolescents; Parent Child Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Systems Approach; Emotional Response; Mothers; Developmental Stages; Diaries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Konflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Systemischer Ansatz; Emotionales Verhalten; Mother; Mutter; Diary; Tagebuch
Abstract	The authors used a dynamic systems theoretical approach to examine intraindividual variability in emotional responses during the transitional period of adolescence. Longitudinal diary data were collected regarding conflicts between 17 teenage girls and their mothers over a period of a year. The results revealed a reversed u-shaped relation between girls' emotional variability and the number of conflicts. Moreover, girls who showed limited variability in emotional states across conflict episodes tended to attach the same emotional state to divergent conflict topics. Explained as the result of a self-organizing process, emotional rigidity (i.e., a lack of variability and contextual sensitivity) possibly undermines the adaptive potential of the parent-adolescent system in times of relational transitions and developmental changes. (Contains 3 figures, 5 tables and 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10