Judith G. Smetana is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Developmental Psychology at the University of Rochester, where she also held the Frederika Warner Chair in Human Development from 1995 to 1998. She has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, and she is the author of more than 150 articles and chapters on the development of children's moral and social reasoning and on adolescent-parent relationships in different ethnic and cultural contexts.

Preface vi

1 Introduction: Perspectives on Adolescents and Their Families 1

2 Studying Adolescent-Parent Relationships from the Lens of Developmental Psychology 13

3 Conflicts and Their Vicissitudes 31

4 Parents' Voices: Conflicts and Social Conventions 43

5 Adolescents' Voices: Autonomy and the Personal Domain 66

6 Autonomy, Conflict, Connectedness, and Culture 96

7 Adolescent Relationships and Development within and between Cultures 120

8 Adolescent-Parent Relationships in African American Families 139

9 Beliefs about Parental Authority 172

10 Parenting Styles and Practices 193

11 Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent-Parent Relationships 216

12 Coordinations and Change in Social Development 249

13 Life beyond Adolescence: Transitions to Adulthood 271

References 279

Author Index 306

Subject Index 313

"Overall, this book gives great detail on adolescent
parent relationships and how they effect the development of
children . . . This is a comforting message, one very different
from popular accounts, and one that parents and adolescents would
benefit from appreciating" (Journal of Youth &
Adolescence, 5 December 2012)
"Few scholars have influenced the contemporary study of
adolescent-parent relationships as much as Judith Smetana. I
highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the ways in
which family relationships are transformed during this stage of
life."

--Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

"In this very thoughtful book Judith Smetana provides deep
and insightful understandings of adolescence. Smetana masterfully
positions adolescence in explanations of difficulties and
developmental progress during these years. This splendid book is
indispensable for anyone interested in adolescence, social and
family relationships, moral theory, culture, and
development."

--Elliot Turiel, University of California Berkeley