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Clear self, better relationships: Adolescents' self-concept clarity and relationship quality with parents and peers across 5 years

Becht,Andrik I.
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Nelemans,Stefanie A.
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van Dijk,Marloes P. A.
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Branje,Susan J. T.
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Van Lier,Pol A. C.
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Denissen,J.J.A.
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Meeus,W.H.J.
Abstract
This study examined reciprocal associations between adolescents' self-concept clarity (SCC) and their relationship quality with parents and best friends in a five-wave longitudinal study from age 13 to 18years. In all, 497 adolescents (57% boys) reported on their SCC and all informants (i.e., adolescents, both parents, and adolescents' best friends) reported on support and negative interaction. Within-person cross-lagged analyses provided systematic evidence for both parent effects and child effects, with the direction of effects being strongly dependent on the relational context. For example, higher maternal support predicted higher adolescent SCC, supporting a parent effects perspective, whereas higher SCC predicted lower paternal negative interaction, supporting a child effects perspective. Peer effects on adolescent SCC were not consistently found across adolescent and best friend reports. The title for this Special Section is Origins of Children's Self-Views, edited by Eddie Brummelman and Sander Thomaes
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2017
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MULTI-INFORMANT, CHILD, PERCEPTIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, RELIABILITY, ADJUSTMENT, PSYCHOLOGY, STABILITY, CONTEXT, ESTEEM
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Becht, A I, Nelemans, S A, van Dijk, M P A, Branje, S J T, Van Lier, P A C, Denissen, J J A & Meeus, W H J 2017, 'Clear self, better relationships : Adolescents' self-concept clarity and relationship quality with parents and peers across 5 years', Child Development, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 1823-1833. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12921
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/68227
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