Conflict at home and problems with peers: Family-peer linkages and the role of adolescent depressive symptoms and gender

dc.contributor.advisorCassidy, Judeen_US
dc.contributor.authorEhrlich, Katherine Babcocken_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-20T05:38:07Z
dc.date.available2008-06-20T05:38:07Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-05en_US
dc.description.abstractPeer relationships have a significant impact on developmental outcomes throughout the lifespan. One variable that has been identified extensively as a contributor to peer outcomes is children's family environment. In the present investigation, I examine the relation between adolescents' family environment and peer relationships. Specifically, I study how family conflict, including both parent-child conflict and marital conflict, is linked to social acceptance and social behavior. I examine whether adolescents' depressive symptoms act as a mediator of the links between family conflict and social acceptance and behavior. Finally, I examine the moderating role of gender.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8203
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Developmentalen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Developmentalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFamily conflicten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdolescent depressive symptomsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpeer relationshipsen_US
dc.titleConflict at home and problems with peers: Family-peer linkages and the role of adolescent depressive symptoms and genderen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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