Abstract
Parenting changes in adolescence. Furthermore, parents and adolescents
perceive parenting differently. We aimed at examining the development of
parenting during adolescence and how perceptions of mothers, fathers, and
adolescents might converge. Following 497 adolescents, their mothers, and
fathers, across 6 Waves (ages 13-18) we investigated the development of
parental support and behavioral control using mother and father selfreports,
and adolescent reports for mothers and fathers. This multiinformant
study sheds light on the development of parent-adolescent
convergence on perceptions of parenting. We found curvilinear decrease
for support and control. Parent-adolescent convergence emerged over the
6 years: those with higher intercepts had a steeper decrease , whereas
correlations among parent and adolescent reports increased. Therefore,
perceptions of parenting became similar during adolescence.
perceive parenting differently. We aimed at examining the development of
parenting during adolescence and how perceptions of mothers, fathers, and
adolescents might converge. Following 497 adolescents, their mothers, and
fathers, across 6 Waves (ages 13-18) we investigated the development of
parental support and behavioral control using mother and father selfreports,
and adolescent reports for mothers and fathers. This multiinformant
study sheds light on the development of parent-adolescent
convergence on perceptions of parenting. We found curvilinear decrease
for support and control. Parent-adolescent convergence emerged over the
6 years: those with higher intercepts had a steeper decrease , whereas
correlations among parent and adolescent reports increased. Therefore,
perceptions of parenting became similar during adolescence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 846–862 |
| Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
| Volume | 29 |
| Early online date | 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |