Abstract
Although theories suggest transactional associations between adolescents' autonomy and relationships with parents and friends, few studies have examined these within-person effects. This longitudinal study examined the within-person co-development of adolescents' autonomy and relationships with parents and friends. Adolescents (N = 244 Mage = 11.54, SD = 0.43 at T1; 50% boys) participated in a four-wave study across 2 years in the Netherlands. In random-intercept cross-lagged panel models, within-person results showed that higher levels of autonomy predicted less parental psychological control but not vice versa. However, no lagged-effects between friend support and autonomy were found. This study suggests that adolescents' autonomy steers changes in parental psychological control.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 999-1010 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence.
Funding
This research was supported by a grant of the European Research Council (ERC‐2017‐CoG‐773023 INTRANSITION) and Jingyun Wang was supported by the China Scholarship Council for a 4‐year study at Utrecht University (No. 202108350005).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| European Research Council | ERC‐2017‐CoG‐773023 INTRANSITION |
| Universiteit Utrecht | 202108350005 |
| China Scholarship Council |
Keywords
- adolescents
- autonomy
- friend support
- parental psychological control