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Teens mirror negative features of mom’s friendships

The manner by which a mother interacts with her friends serves as a role model for how an adolescent child develops his/her own peer friendships. Unfortunately, teens often pick up on the negative elements in a relationship, such as conflict an d antagonism, and then copy these attitudes into their own relationships.

The new study investigated a previously understudied association—how a parent’s

friendships influence the emotional well-being of their adolescent children. For the study, doctoral student Gary Glick and Amanda Rose, Ph.D., studied the development of friendships and  other  peer  relationships  during  adolescence  and  their  impact  on  psychological

adjustment. They found that adolescents may mimic the negative characteristics of their mothers’ relationships in their own peer-to-peer friendships suggesting that mothers can

serve as role models for their adolescents during formative years.

Additional findings suggest that adolescents internalize their reactions to their mothers’ conflict with adult friends which may lead to anxiety and depression.

Previous research of this type focused on elementary-aged children, but MU researchers wanted to expand their study to focus on the formative adolescent years. Youth ranging in age from 10 to 17 and their mothers were polled separately to measure perceived positive and negative friendship qualities in both groups.

Results showed that positive friendship qualities were not always imitated by adolescents;

however, negative and antagonistic relationship characteristics exhibited by mothers were much more likely to be mimicked by the youth studied. “We know that conflict is a normal part of any relationship —be it a relationship between a parent and a child, or a mother and her friends —and we’re not talking physical altercations but verbal conflicts, ” Glick said.

“But being exposed to high levels of such conflict generally isn’t going to be good for children. Parents should consider whether they are good role models for their children especially where their friends are concerned. When things go awry, parents should talk with their children about how to act with their friends, but more specifically, how not to act.”

46.   What does the underlined word “mimic” in the second paragraph most probably mean?

A.   adopt                   B. influence         C. copy            D. change

47.    Which of the following statements can be used to describe the result of the research?

A.   Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs.

B.   Like mother, like daughter

C.   One man’s meat is another man’s poison

D.   A friend in need is a friend indeed.

48.    What can we know from Paragraph 4?

A.   Researchers did similar research in this field before

B.   The present research is about pupils of all age ranges

C.   Many adolescent pupils nowadays are living separately with their mothers

D.   The new study only measured negative friendship qualities of mothers and child ren

49.    What can we conclude from the new study?

A.   The researchers carried out the study of this kind for the first time

B.   The teenagers always react to their mothers behaviour very obviously

C.   The teenagers were investigated together with their mothers

D.   The teenagers imitate more negative models than positive one from their mothers

50.    What suggestion is made by the author to some mothers who have conflict with their friends?

A.   Parents should make friends with their chi ldren’s friends.

B.   Parents should force their children to do what they are told to.

C.   Parents should discuss some dos and don’ts about friend-making with their children

D.   Parents should expose their children to as much conflict as they can

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