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The aim of the study is to examine the role of autonomy as an intermediary between perceived parent behavior and peer relationships in adolescents. Relational scanning model was used in the research. The participants of the research were 444 male and 519 female adolescents who were educated in science, Anatolian and vocational high schools in Şehitkamil district of Gaziantep province. ‘Peer Relationships Scale’, ‘Leuven Perceived Parenting /Adolescent Version Scale’, ‘Adolescent Autonomy Scale’ and a Personal Information Form prepared by researcher were used in the collection of research data. The analysis of the data was carried out through the SPSS 21 package program and the AMOS 22.0 program. Pearson moments multiplication correlation and structural equality model were used to test the objectives of the study.Whether autonomy had a mediating role between perceived parental behaviors and peer relationships in adolescents was tested with structural equation model in separate models for mothers and fathers. As a result of the research, it was found that autonomy played a partial mediating role between both mother and father behaviors and peer relationships. Bootstrapping and Sobel tests were used as additional evidence for the significance of partial mediation. As a result of both analyzes, it was concluded that partial mediation was significant. Research results were discussed with other research results in the literature and recommendations were presented.

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