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PARENT-CHILD CONNECTEDNESS AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS PREDICTORS OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS

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2013, MA, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences.
The purposes of the present study were two-fold: 1.) to empirically validate a conceptualization of predictors of parent-child connectedness, and 2.) to examine the parent-child relationship as a context for fostering positive youth development. The sample for this study included 913, 10-14 year old adolescents from Wave I and Wave II of the public use data from the Adolescent Health dataset. Adolescents in this sample answered survey questions conducted in the In-Home Questionnaires and the In-School Questionnaires. Pearson correlations, multiple regression analysis, and backward elimination models were conducted to examine predictors of parent-child connectedness and the parent-child relationship as a context for predicting positive youth development. Findings indicate that climate of trust and time spent together are statistically significantly positively related to parent-child connectedness. Parent-child connectedness is statistically significant and positively related to character, confidence, and connection two years later. Climate of trust and time spent together are statistically significant and positively related to the positive youth development elements: character, confidence, and connection.
Rhonda Richardson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
99 p.

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  • Irving, C. M. (2013). PARENT-CHILD CONNECTEDNESS AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS PREDICTORS OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1373587741

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Irving, Carmen. PARENT-CHILD CONNECTEDNESS AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS PREDICTORS OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS . 2013. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1373587741.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Irving, Carmen. "PARENT-CHILD CONNECTEDNESS AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS PREDICTORS OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1373587741

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)