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Young Adolescents' Identification of Difficult Life Events

Susan K. Riesch

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gloria A. Jacobson

Northern Illinois University

Charlene B. Tosi

Tosi and Associates

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.

Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, 393-413 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/105477389400300408
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