Motherhood and Adolescents

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This paper identifies some of the familial environmental factors at work that contribute to problematic behavior in adolescents. It also identifies some of the contradictions in the research findings that cite these environmental factors as the causes of the problematic behavior. Finally this paper attempts to clarify these research findings so that the causal roles of familial environmental factors in problematic adolescent behavior can be accurately assessed.

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"Television news in the United States continually reminds the public of troublesome adolescent behavior in contemporary American society. Family therapists, health care providers, social workers, and sociologists are among the professional groups concerned about this issue. Researchers and theorists offer a plethora of reasons exist to explain this phenomenon; however, relevant research findings frequently conflict with one another."

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