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Guided cognitive reframing of adolescent-father conflict: Who Mexican American and European American adolescents seek and why

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Adolescents may seek to understand family conflict by seeking out confidants. However, little is known about whom adolescents seek, whether and how such support helps youth, and the factors that predict which sources are sought. This chapter offers a conceptual model of guided cognitive reframing that emphasizes the behavioral, cognitive, and affective implications of confidant support as well as individual, family, and cultural factors linked to support seeking. The authors present empirical data from 392 families of seventh graders of Mexican and European ancestry to predict whether adolescents seek mothers, coresident fathers, and other sources and provide directions for subsequent research.

Source: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

DOI: 10.1002/cd.20005

Authors: Jeffrey T. Cookston, Andres F. Olide, Michele A. Adams, William V. Fabricius, Ross D. Parke

Institutions: San Francisco State University, Tulane University, Arizona State University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Effects and Meaning of Fathers for Adolescents: ASU Site, G764632884