Discrepancies in Military Middle-School Adolescents' and Parents' Perceptions of Family Functioning, Social Support, Anger Frequency, and Concerns

In order to test levels of agreement between adolescents and their parents, researchers surveyed adolescent–parent dyads from U.S. Army families about their perceptions of family functioning, social support, the adolescent’s frequency of anger, and the adolescent’s concerns. Parents and adolescents frequently disagreed; parents rated family functioning and social support items higher than their adolescents.