Perceived Functions of Family and Friends During Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth: Developmental Theories of Two Turkish Groups

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1995-01-01

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Hortaçsu, Nuran
Gençöz, Tülin
Oral, Atiye

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The present study compared Turkish University students' and middle-aged adults' developmental theories about the perceived importance of needs related to different life tasks and functionality of relationships with parents, same-sex siblings, and friends for need satisfaction during childhood, adolescence, and youth. A retrospective method was used. The following results emerged: (1) the importance of needs related to a search for identity and intimacy increased and the importance of those related to dependency decreased from childhood to adolescence; (2) needs related to intimacy maintained a high level of importance during youth whereas importance of the need for self-understanding/development decreased from adolescence to youth; (3) increases in the perceived importance of friends occurred between childhood and adolescence, especially with respect to needs related to identity and intimacy issues; (4) decreases in the perceived importance of parents were reported between adolescence and youth, especially with respect to needs related to identity, intimacy, and dependency; (5) developmental theories of groups and sexes did not differ; (6) group and sex differences with respect to importance ratings of some needs emerged.

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), General Psychology, General Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48422

Journal

International Journal of Psychology

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00207599508246588

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N. Hortaçsu, T. Gençöz, and A. Oral, “Perceived Functions of Family and Friends During Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth: Developmental Theories of Two Turkish Groups,” International Journal of Psychology, pp. 591–606, 1995, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48422.