Predicting attributional accuracy in mother–adolescent conflictual discussions

Autor: Jared Welker, Wendy M. Rote
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Family Psychology. 37:183-194
ISSN: 1939-1293
0893-3200
DOI: 10.1037/fam0001051
Popis: Attributional accuracy focuses on the extent to which one person accurately judges the reasons that another person acts the way they do. Research has shown that relationship quality, individual factors, and the overall context of a discussion, all play a role in the accuracy of attributions within adult relationships. However, little research has examined these patterns for parents and adolescents. Within the parent-adolescent literature, research on informant discrepancies has found agreement between family members' reports can highlight the overall functioning of the parent-child relationship but has not focused on perceptions of motives. This study assessed mothers' and adolescents' attributional accuracy during conflictual discussions and the extent to which such accuracy was associated with their relationship quality and individual perspective-taking abilities. One hundred twenty-three mother (
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