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Adolescents¡¯ Intuitive Appraisal, Attributions and Emotions for their Relationships with their Parents

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  • Georgia Stephanou
  • Georgios Gkavras

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This study study aimed to examine (a) adolescents¡¯ attributions and emotions for their subjectively perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, (b) the association of the intuitive and attributional appraisals of the adolescent-parent relationship with the subsequent emotions, and (c) the role of the perceived importance of the good adolescent-parent relationship in the generation of attributions and emotions, and in the impact of attributions on emotions. The sample comprised 670 adolescents, both genders, aged 14-17 years old, representing various parental socioeconomic levels. The results showed that- (a) It was extremely important for the adolescents to have good relationships with their parents, (b) the perceived good adolescent-parent relationships were attributed to internal, stable and personal controllable factors, along with parent- and self-parent interactive- related factors, while the estimated as bad relationships were attributed to external, stable, personal uncontrollable and external controllable factors (parents¡¯ negative properties), (c) the adolescents experienced intense positive and negative emotions (mainly, general / outcome- dependent) for the perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, respectively, (d) both intuitive and attributional appraisals of the relationship were associated with the emotions, particularly in the perceived bad adolescent-parent relationship, and (e) the relative strength of the association of the attributional dimensions with the emotions varied between the perceived good and bad adolescent-parent relationship and across the various emotions. Keywords- Adolescent-Parent Relationship, Attributions, Emotions, Intuitive Appraisal.

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  • Georgia Stephanou & Georgios Gkavras, 2012. "Adolescents¡¯ Intuitive Appraisal, Attributions and Emotions for their Relationships with their Parents," International Journal of Learning and Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 2(6), pages 22-40, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:mth:ijld88:v:2:y:2012:i:6:p:22-40
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