Patterns of Family Functioning and Parenting Style of Adolescents with Depressive Reactions

This paper examines family functioning from the systemic perspective while endeavoring to point out to the correlation between family functioning, parenting style and depressive reactions of adolescents. The research was conducted with the aim to determine a correlation between patterns of family fu...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2015-05, Vol.185, p.234-239
Main Authors: Matejevic, Marina, Jovanovic, Dragana, Ilic, Milena
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescents with depressive reactions
Family functionality
Parenting style
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Summary:This paper examines family functioning from the systemic perspective while endeavoring to point out to the correlation between family functioning, parenting style and depressive reactions of adolescents. The research was conducted with the aim to determine a correlation between patterns of family functioning, parenting style and presence of adolescents’ depressive reactions. A FACES III (Olson, Portner & Levi, 1985) and EMBU (Arrindell, 2005) scales were used in order to determine the patterns of family functioning and parenting style. Two groups of adolescents were examined: 20 adolescents with depressive reactions who had ambulance or hospital treatment at the Clinic for Mental Health Protection in Nis and 20 adolescents who did not have any problems with depressive reactions. The results showed that there are statistically significant differences between these two groups. Statistically significant difference between families of depressed adolescents and adolescents from the control group has been present on the dimension of cohesion (t (38)=2.896, p
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.03.460