Jager Justin
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Int J Behav Dev. 2011 Nov 1;35(6):497-506. doi: 10.1177/0165025411422992.
With the aim of identifying and examining both converging (matched relationship quality across one's set of relationships) and non-converging (mixed relationship quality across one's set of relationships), the present study used a pattern-centered approach to examine the different ways adolescent relationships pattern together among a large, national sample of U.S adolescents (aged 13-19). The study also examined how adolescent adjustment and young adult relationship quality varied across the different relationship patterns or constellations. The current study used latent class analysis and data from Add Health (n = 4,233), a national U.S. longitudinal study that spans adolescence and young adulthood, to uncover heterogeneity in adolescent relations with parents, friends, romantic partners, peers, and teachers. As predicted, patterns of both convergence and non-convergence were found, though patterns of non-convergence were more common than expected. Some patterns of non-convergence appear more stable (i.e., similar pattern found during both adolescence and young adulthood) than others. Also, no "high" converging pattern was found, indicating that few adolescents have "first-rate" relations in every relational domain.
为了识别和研究趋同型（一个人所有关系中的关系质量匹配）和非趋同型（一个人所有关系中的关系质量混合），本研究采用了以模式为中心的方法，在一个由美国青少年（13 - 19岁）组成的大型全国性样本中，考察青少年各种关系组合在一起的不同方式。该研究还考察了青少年适应情况和青年期关系质量在不同关系模式或组合中的差异。本研究使用潜在类别分析以及来自美国全国青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health，n = 4233）的数据，以揭示青少年与父母、朋友、恋爱伴侣、同龄人及教师关系中的异质性。正如所预测的，发现了趋同型和非趋同型模式，不过非趋同型模式比预期更为常见。一些非趋同型模式似乎比其他模式更稳定（即在青少年期和青年期都发现了相似模式）。此外，未发现“高度”趋同型模式，这表明很少有青少年在每个关系领域都拥有“一流”的关系。
