Abstract
The present study examined the extent of agreement between junior high school students and their mothers in terms of their perception of social support. Questionnaires about 9 social support settings were completed by junior high school students who were support recipients, and their mothers who were support providers. Although the extent of agreement on support as perceived by the adolescents and their mothers varied by setting, the extent of agreement on support and non-support in the same setting did not vary. Mother-daughter dyads showed greater agreement than mother-son dyads. Greater disagreement was found between mothers who provided social support and youth who did not actually receive social support, compared to that found in youth who received social support and mothers who did not actually provide social support. The adolescents' satisfaction with their mothers was not related to agreement on perception of social support, but rather only to the adolescents' perception of the support provided by their mothers.
