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Data from a large sample of late adolescents was used to examine associations between family relationships (reported closeness to parents and siblings) and perceived social competence. Significant positive relationships were found between family bonds and the social competence measures, which included social self-esteem, instrumentality, expressiveness, shyness, and degree of satisfaction/ease in same- and opposite-sex peer relationships. There was no evidence of differential effects of sibling versus parent relationships upon adolescent social competence.
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This project was supported by NIMH Grant 5 R01 MH34570.
Received Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
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Bell, N.J., Avery, A.W., Jenkins, D. et al. Family relationships and social competence during late adolescence. J Youth Adolescence 14, 109–119 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02098651
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