NCJ Number
108641
Journal
Adolescence Volume: 22 Issue: 88 Dated: (Winter 1987) Pages: 767-789
Date Published
1987
Length
23 pages
Annotation
Conflict between parents and adolescents is usually seen as a normal and necessary part of human development. However, treatment approaches for problematic conflict differ depending on several variables, including theoretical orientation of the clinician.
Abstract
This article compares and contrasts psychoanalytic, systems, and social learning theories in order to determine the empirical support for each. In addition, several issues inherent in parent-adolescent conflict are reviewed including developmental stage theory, parenting styles, peer pressures, communications skills, marital conflict, drugs, school, and sex. Several studies and reviews of the literature are examined for common conclusions. Finally, an integrated and empirically supported model to explain parent-adolescent conflict is described. (Publisher abstract)