The development of Mother and Father Hostile Aggressive Conflict during adolescence: antecedents and outcomes in early adulthood.

The aim of the present dissertation was first to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the construct of Hostile Aggressive Conflict (HAC) with parents during adolescence; then to examine the role of distal and proximal variables in explaining interindividual differences in HAC developmental growth across adolescence; finally to identify different trajectories groups, separately by adolescent’ gender and parent (mother/ father). In this introductory chapter the definition of Hostile Aggressive conflict will be addressed and clarified. Furthermore, the theoretical framework and an outline of the remaining chapters will be presented.