Abstract
This study examines the relational maintenance strategies used to negotiate autonomy and connectedness in father–child relationships portrayed in adolescent television dramas. Episodes of 3 programs—Everwood, Seventh Heaven, and Veronica Mars—were coded for relational maintenance behaviors. Sharing information about activities, manipulating physical distance, and sharing emotions were among the most frequently occurring behaviors. Because television can have a socializing effect on viewers, studying the maintenance strategies used in popular adolescent television dramas can increase understanding of 1 element of adolescent viewer socialization.
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