Exploring context in parent-adolescent conflict – A comparison between Canada and Sweden

Abstract: The research question was whether there are differences in parentadolescentconflict across the domains of governance transfer betweenCanada and Sweden. Participants were students in classes 7 – 9, aged 13 –16 years old. Results show that the amount of conflict differed acrosscultures, across domains, and across genders. Parent-adolescent conflict isnot universal, but instead rather dependent on context. The Swedishadolescents´ reported significantly more conflict-level discussions than theCanadian adolescents´. Regarding the same issue that the Swedishadolescents reported having a lower conflict resolution, suggesting thathaving a conflict-level discussion makes it harder to reach a conflictresolution. The results of this research suggests that conflict among parentand adolescents is uncommon. What was more common was discussionsabout issues across the domains of governance transfer.