TY - JOUR
T1 - Mother-adolescent monitoring dynamics and the legitimacy of parental authority
AU - Keijsers, Loes
AU - Laird, Robert D.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This multi-informant longitudinal study aimed to understand whether the family dynamics that underlie adolescent voluntary disclosure regarding their leisure time behavior differs when adolescents strongly or weakly endorse the legitimacy of parental authority. Longitudinal linkages between parental monitoring behaviors and adolescents' secrecy and disclosure were tested among youths with strong and weak legitimacy beliefs. The sample included 197 adolescents (51% female, M age 12 years) and their mothers. Mothers reported on several of their own monitoring efforts (i.e., solicitation, active involvement, observing and listening, and obtaining information from spouses, siblings, and others). Adolescents reported their disclosure, secrecy, and legitimacy beliefs. Only among youths reporting strong legitimacy beliefs, more mother engagement and supervision (indexed by mother-reported active involvement and observing and listening) predicted more adolescent disclosure and less secrecy over time, and more mother solicitation predicted less secrecy.
AB - This multi-informant longitudinal study aimed to understand whether the family dynamics that underlie adolescent voluntary disclosure regarding their leisure time behavior differs when adolescents strongly or weakly endorse the legitimacy of parental authority. Longitudinal linkages between parental monitoring behaviors and adolescents' secrecy and disclosure were tested among youths with strong and weak legitimacy beliefs. The sample included 197 adolescents (51% female, M age 12 years) and their mothers. Mothers reported on several of their own monitoring efforts (i.e., solicitation, active involvement, observing and listening, and obtaining information from spouses, siblings, and others). Adolescents reported their disclosure, secrecy, and legitimacy beliefs. Only among youths reporting strong legitimacy beliefs, more mother engagement and supervision (indexed by mother-reported active involvement and observing and listening) predicted more adolescent disclosure and less secrecy over time, and more mother solicitation predicted less secrecy.
KW - Adolescent information management
KW - Disclosure
KW - Legitimacy beliefs
KW - Parental monitoring
KW - Secrecy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899878997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.04.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24931554
AN - SCOPUS:84899878997
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 37
SP - 515
EP - 524
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -