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    Adolescent disclosure and secrecy behaviors and psychological well-being in parent and best friend relationship contexts: variable- and person-centered examinations
    (2017-01) Uraloğlu, Safiye Ebra; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Kafescioğlu, Nilüfer; Özcan, N. A.; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Kafescioğlu, Nilüfer; Özcan, N. A.; Department of Psychology; Uraloğlu, Safiye Ebra
    The present study examined adolescents' disclosure and secrecy behaviors in their close relationships and their psychological well-being (life satisfaction, problem-solving confidence, and (lower) trait anxiety). In a sample of 1232 adolescents (ages 11-19 years; 60.1 % girls), disclosure and secrecy across three relationship contexts were examined by variable- and person-centered approaches. With a variable-centered approach, the study examined the links between disclosure to and secrecy from mother, father, and best friend and psychological well-being using structural equational modeling (SEM) analysis. Results of SEM showed that higher disclosure and lower secrecy levels were related to higher psychological well-being. More specifically, variable-centered analysis results showed that higher disclosure and lower secrecy in relationship with father predicted better psychological well-being. Disclosure to and secrecy from mother were not found as much effective as the father in the model. Results did not support the relation between secrecy from best friend and well-being but high disclosure to best friend predicted higher well-being. With a person-centered approach, the study investigated adolescents' disclosure and secrecy behaviors in their relationships with their mother, father, and best friend through clusters. Cluster analysis yielded patterns in which adolescents share information with or keep secret from their parents which differ in levels of psychological well-being. The best friend-adolescent cluster was found to be significantly related to psychological well-being but the relation was weaker as compared to other clusters' relationship with psychological well-being indices. Findings are discussed by synthesizing the information yielded by variable- and person-centered analyses.
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    A person-centered examination of adolescent conflict resolution behavior and psychological well-being in parent and best-friend relationship contexts
    Ünal, Çağla Nur; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Kafescioğlu, Nilüfer; Yaylacı, F. T.; Department of Psychology; Ünal, Çağla Nur
    The current study aimed to examine adolescents' conflict resolution patterns in their relationships with their mother, father, and best-friend and to investigate how these patterns differ in adolescents' well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, problem solving confidence, trait-anxiety). Participants were 1033 Turkish adolescents between the ages of 11 to 19. Adolescents' conflict resolution behaviors were examined with a person-centered approach through cluster analysis which revealed four groups of adolescents who differ in their conflict resolution patterns. The first cluster which labeled as "Confrontational and Withdrawing" was characterized by low levels of problem-solving and high levels of conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance. The second cluster which labeled as "Problem Solver" was characterized by high levels of problem solving and low levels of conflict engagement, withdrawal, compliance. The third cluster "Confrontational but not Withdrawing" was characterized by high levels of conflict engagement and low levels of withdrawal, problem solving, compliance. The fourth cluster "Problem Solver but Withdrawing" was characterized by low levels of conflict engagement and high levels of withdrawal, problem solving, compliance. Univariate ANCOVAs, conducted to examine how these clusters differ in psychological well-being revealed that "Problem Solver" had the highest scores in well-being indicators while "Confrontational and Withdrawing" had the lowest scores. Overall, findings revealed how combinations of different resolution styles differ in well-being and highlighted the importance of developing constructive resolution behaviors in adolescence.