In the next section, we illustrate the utility of this approach with a multiwave study of low-income, urban adolescents.
We express appreciation to the adolescents and schools whose cooperation made this study possible.
There was a marginally significant difference in the percentage of enabling behavior displayed by the two groups of adolescents, t 70!
As adolescents aged, they were less likely to show hostility in the discussions in which their parents also displayed hostility toward each other.
The specificity of these findings may reflect the relatively high social deviance of cigarette smoking among adolescents today.
Rather, it is possible that this increase reflects the fact that in general, adolescents experience more fatigue than children.
To illustrate this potential complication, suppose, for example, that an investigator found that adolescents experience more fatigue than children.
Early adolescents are also struggling for some autonomy from their parents, yet still need adult guidance.
