Exam 8: Parent Adolescent Interactions

It is _____________ for parents and adolescents in traditional cultures to engage in the kind of frequent bickering typical of parent-adolescent relationships in the American majority culture.

The degree to which emotional closeness exists between parents and adolescents is related to:

Adolescents are more likely to use alcohol or drugs when:

The process of accepting an identity without adequate or extensive exploration, ___________ , is sometimes related to a lack of parental support and sometimes reported by adolescents who have a warm supportive relationship with their parents. The latter is seems to explain why so many young persons go into careers similar to their parents.

Adolescents' attachments with their parents have been associated all of the following outcomes for adolescents EXCEPT:

Adolescent - parent relationships have historically been considered times of

Because adolescents lack experience with dealing with their own impulses they:

In addition to receiving sufficient parental control and support, adolescents also need:

Describe some examples of disequilibrium that required adjustment by you and your parents when you left home.

What are the feelings experienced by gay or lesbian adolescents who experience parental lack of acceptance of their sexual orientation. Also, what is the effect on parent-adolescent relationships?

What are the gender differences that have been noted in the effects of parental closeness on adolescents' behaviors?

The development of ___________ identity involves personal acknowledgement of sexual orientation as well as public presentation and public recognition.

In comparison to adolescents with authoritative or traditional parents, those whose parents are ______________ have lower levels of self-esteem and are less self- assured, less creative, and less socially skilled.

For adolescents living in Non-Western countries, or those in ethnic minority families in the United States, , _____________ parenting has been associated with positive outcomes.

Because they have little parental support, adolescents with ___________ parents have lower levels of self-esteem.

Adolescents whose parents are _____________ have a tendency to be dependent, passive, conforming, less self-assured, less creative, and less socially skilled than other adolescents.

Adolescents whose parents have adopted an authoritative approach to parenting tend to be _____________ and have positive relationships with peers and adults.

A primary problem that adolescents have when raised by indifferent parents is:

The effect on adolescents of the traditional parenting pattern is shown in all the following EXCEPT:

An adolescent's self-esteem and positive development is impacted by the _____________ they receive from their parents.