The echoing argument
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Nicholas Garlow with HHS HealthBeat.
If you argue with your family, your friends may be next. Researchers at UCLA recruited nearly 600 high school freshman to keep a diary and checklist for two weeks, reporting on their daily activities. That included the times they argued and with whom.
Andrew Fuligni is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at UCLA.
"Arguments in one relationship, for example, peer relationships, would predict having an argument with your parents and other family members the next day, and vice versa." (7 seconds)
The effects were in some cases long term.
"Having an argument with your family predicted being more likely to have an argument with your friends, not just the next day, but even two days later." (6 seconds)
Preparation of the paper in the journal Child Development was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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