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Mother-to-daughter disclosure regarding two sensitive topic areas-financial
concerns and complaints/anger toward the ex-husband (the adolescent girl's
father)-was examined in a sample of 62 mother/adolescent-daughter dyads fo
llowing the mother's divorce. Most mothers in the current sample have discl
osed to their daughters on these two topics, but with varying levels of det
ail and diverse motivations. Daughter perceptions of maternal disclosure we
re associated with daughter psychological distress, regardless of daughter
age.