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Adolescents' attempted influence on parental behaviors. 1978

M D Baranowski

This study was designed to determine the extent to which adolescents attempt to influence the everyday behaviors of their parents. Questionnaires given to 84 adolescents (mean age 17.6 years) and their parents asked the respondents to indicate which of 31 parental behaviors the adolescent had attempted to influence and whether or not this influence resulted in parental behavior change. Results indicate that total attempted influence correlated significantly and positively with adolescent need for autonomy and significantly but negatively with father's need for dominance. Adolescents perceived attempted influence on more behaviors than did parents, and more influence attempts were reported directed toward mothers than fathers. Differences between the types of parental behaviors that attracted adolescent influence and those that did not are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010287	Parent-Child Relations	The interactions between parent and child.	Parent-Offspring Interaction,Parent Child Relationship,Parent-Child Relationship,Interaction, Parent-Offspring,Parent Child Relations,Parent Child Relationships,Parent Offspring Interaction,Parent-Child Relation,Parent-Child Relationships,Parent-Offspring Interactions,Relation, Parent-Child,Relationship, Parent Child,Relationship, Parent-Child
D010551	Personality	Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.	Personalities
D004291	Dominance-Subordination	Relationship between individuals when one individual threatens or becomes aggressive and the other individual remains passive or attempts to escape.	Dominance Subordination,Dominance-Subordinations
D005191	Family Characteristics	Size and composition of the family.	Family Size,Couples,Family Demography,Family Life Surveys,Family Size, Average,Family Size, Completed,Family Size, Desired,Family Size, Expected,Family Size, Ideal,Family and Household,Generations,Head of Household,Households,One-Person Household,Average Family Size,Average Family Sizes,Completed Family Size,Completed Family Sizes,Demography, Family,Desired Family Size,Desired Family Sizes,Expected Family Size,Expected Family Sizes,Family Characteristic,Family Demographies,Family Life Survey,Family Sizes,Family Sizes, Ideal,Household,Household Head,Household Heads,Household and Family,Household, One-Person,Ideal Family Size,Ideal Family Sizes,One Person Household,One-Person Households,Survey, Family Life
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000203	Activities of Daily Living	The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.	ADL,Chronic Limitation of Activity,Limitation of Activity, Chronic,Activities, Daily Living,Activity, Daily Living,Daily Living Activities,Daily Living Activity,Living Activities, Daily,Living Activity, Daily
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000297	Psychology, Adolescent	Field of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses.	Adolescent Psychology