Discrepancies in the Perception of Conflicts between Parents and Adolescents

Authors: D’Auria-Tardeli D*

DOI: 10.23880/pprij-16000312

Volume 7, Issue 4

Abstract

This article presents a study that consists of evaluating how adolescents understand and perceive conflicts with their parents, as well as their discrepancies in the perception of these conflicts. The study was carried out with a small sample of 74 schoolaged adolescents, of both sexes, in the specific period of adolescence from 13 to 15 years old, students at a private school in the city of Santos-SP-Brazil. A questionnaire was created for this study due to the scarcity of research instruments on the subject in published literature. Research on conflicts between parents and adolescents by Bosma, Laursen, Coy and Noller is the basis of this study. This study suggests that the relationship between parents and children clearly changes in the pubertal phase of the children, although there is evidence of the strength or importance that these changes have for each of the members of the relationship.

Keywords: Adolescents; Parents; Conflicts

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