Young Adolescents' Identification of Difficult Life Events

Susan K. Riesch, Gloria A. Jacobson and Charlene B. Tosi
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Susan K. Riesch: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gloria A. Jacobson: Northern Illinois University
Charlene B. Tosi: Tosi and Associates

Clinical Nursing Research, 1994, vol. 3, issue 4, 393-413

Abstract: As part of a larger study of parent-child communication, young adolescents (n = 847), aged 1 I to 14 years, responded with brief written answers to the question: "Using your own words, list any happenings that occurred in the family that you feel may have been difficult and have long-lasting effects." The sample was chiefly seventh- and eighth-grade students from two-parent, White, middle-class, urban homes. Content analyses of their responses resulted in the following themes: feelings of loss due to death, divorce, relocation, or a sibling leaving the family; feelings of threat toward family relationships or integrity, personal or family health, personal of family safety and well-being, and violence; feelings of being hassled due to parents' expectations and limits and siblings' disagreements and conflicts; and testing maturity. The data provide significant examples of the life events offices. Recommendations to identify and care for families and young adolescents experiencing these events are proposed.

Date: 1994
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