Publication Date
2020
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Mounts, Nina S.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
This observational investigation had two aims. The first aim examined the independent associations of the quantity and quality of maternal consulting and early adolescents’ socio-emotional outcomes. The second aim assessed the moderation effect of the quality of maternal consulting on the relationship between the quantity of maternal consulting and early adolescents’ outcomes. Seventy early adolescents (Mage=12.39 years old) and their mothers participated in the study. The sample was 51.4% girls and 48.6% boys. Mothers and their early adolescents were video recorded discussing typical hypothetical peer-related situations. Conversations were coded for the amount of consulting and four aspects of quality: feasibility, specificity, cognitive framing, and prosocial strategies. Findings did not find an association between observers’ reports of quantity of consulting and adolescents’ reports of relational aggression, physical aggression, and prosocial behavior. None of the features and dimensions of quality were related to the adolescent outcome variables. The relationship between quantity of consulting and adolescents’ social behavior was not moderated by the features and dimensions of quality of consulting.
Recommended Citation
Low, Natalie, "An Examination of Quantity and Quality of Maternal Consulting Predicting Adolescents' Socio-Emotional Outcomes" (2020). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 7377.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/7377
Extent
157 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
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In Copyright
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