RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND FRIENDS - CROSS-SECTIONAL AND RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS

HORTACSU N., GENCOZ T.

GENETIC SOCIAL AND GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY MONOGRAPHS, vol.119, no.2, pp.189-206, 1993 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 119 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Journal Name: GENETIC SOCIAL AND GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY MONOGRAPHS
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Sociological abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.189-206
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We investigated Turkish high school and university students' perceptions of their relationships with their parents and friends in two studies using cross-sectional and retrospective methods. Subjects in both studies rated 31 items describing their relationships with one significant other from two perspectives: their own point of view and that of their relationship partner (mother, father, or best same-sex friend). Results indicated age-related trends for perceptions of development of relationships with significant others. Retrospective reports revealed greater degrees of perceived equity or self-favoring inequity than did cross-sectional reports.