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01-10-2008 | Empirical Research

Effects of Pubertal Timing on Communication Behaviors and Stress Reactivity in Young Women During Conflict Discussions with their Mothers

Auteurs: Karina Weichold, Sabine Büttig, Rainer K. Silbereisen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2008

Abstract

Individuation, a process whereby adolescents gain autonomy from their parents while maintaining emotional relatedness, is displayed by characteristic styles of verbal exchanges. Negotiating this developmental transition is often stressful for adolescents and their parents. This study deals with the association between pubertal timing, communication behaviors, and stress reactivity assessed during young females’ conflict discussions with their mothers. A sample of N = 32 girls (age 9–13, T1) was grouped by pubertal timing. Years later (age 17–22, T2) they were followed up and videotapes of daughter–mother conflict discussions were evaluated. Salivary alpha-amylase was used to assess the stress reactivity. Results revealed that young women who had entered puberty early were higher in striving for control and separation in interactions with their mothers, and displayed higher stress levels. These results pointed to less successful individuation in late adolescence/young adulthood compared to on-time and late maturing age mates.

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Additional analyses revealed only weak and non-significant correlations between communication behaviors and change in A-A of the daughters during the conflict discussion with their mothers (i.e., Confidence in Stating Opinion r = −.06, Rejection r = −.16, Power r = .21, Suggesting Input r = .25, Attempting Resolutions r = −.03, Warmth r = −.06, and Receptiveness r = .16). This suggests that a rather general stress reaction induced by the conflict discussion with the mother is captured by A-A. This stress may be caused by earlier experiences within the family system (e.g., high behavioral control of the parents) triggered within the communication situation.

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Titel: Effects of Pubertal Timing on Communication Behaviors and Stress Reactivity in Young Women During Conflict Discussions with their Mothers
Auteurs: Karina Weichold
Sabine Büttig
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2008
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9260-9

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