Understanding Mother-Adolescent Conflict Discussions - Eisenberg, Nancy (Arizona State University) a Hofer, Claire a Spinrad, Tracy L. a Gershoff, Elizabeth T. a Valiente, Carlos a Zhou, Qing a Cumberland, Amanda a Liew, Jeffrey a Reiser, Mark a Maxon, Elizabeth

Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which parent-child interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youth experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents.