Attribution processes in mother-adolescent conflict

Nancy C. Grace; Mary L. Kelley; Alyson P. McCain

doi:10.1007/BF00911316

Attribution processes in mother-adolescent conflict

Nancy C. Grace, Mary L. Kelley, Alyson P. McCain

Kennedy Krieger Institute

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Attributions reported by 115 mothers and 122 adolescents were examined as they related to family conflict. Subjects completed measures of parent-adolescent conflict (Issues Checklist, Conflict Behavior Questionnaire) and the Mother-Adolescent Attribution Questionnaire. The results revealed that parent-adolescent conflict correlated with mothers' and teenagers' negative attributions. Specifically, self-reported conflict was positively correlated with mothers' and teenagers' beliefs that one another's negative behavior was intentional, selfishly motivated, and blameworthy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	199-211
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00911316
State	Published - Apr 1993

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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