African American Late Adolescents' Relationships With Parents: Developmental Transitions and Longitudinal Patterns

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00715.x
• Publication Date: 2004-05-10T16:22:32Z
• Authors: Judith G. Smetana; Aaron Metzger; Nicole Campione‐Barr
• Keywords: Developmental Science; Adolescent Development; Child Development; Longitudinal Study; Developmental stage theories; Childhood development

Five‐year longitudinal patterns and the influence of developmental transitions on 76 middle‐class African American late adolescents' ( M =18.43 years) relationships with parents were examined. Late adolescents closer to mothers than fathers. Controlling for age, adolescent females who had left home reported less negative did living at or in transition leaving home, more intense conflicts 3 years earlier boys girls away. Earlier attachment led attached supportive both interactions adolescence. Stable father presence also influenced positive