Showing papers by "Patricia Noller published in 1999"

Parent–Adolescent Relationships in Families with Depressed and Self–Harming Adolescents

Abstract: Although research into adolescent suicide and mental health has identified links between maladaptive parent–adolescent relationships and poor adolescent adjustment, there are few studies comparing nonclinical adolescents’ perceptions of these relationships to those of clinical groups. This study used a content analysis methodology to assess the quality and nature of 115 parent–adolescent relationships. Dependent variables derived to assess the relationship with mothers and fathers were: overall quality of the relationship; and amount of communication and conflict. Analyses revealed that nonclinical controls reported better relationships with their parents, with these relationships being characterised by more communication and less conflict than those of the clinical groups. Self–harmers experienced the least satisfactory relationships with their parents, and more conflict with their mothers than the other groups. Contrary to expectation, no sex effects were found. However, there was a trend for girls to r...