What Drives Developmental Change in Adolescent Disclosure and Maternal Knowledge? Heterogeneity in Within-Family Processes
What Drives Developmental Change in Adolescent Disclosure and Maternal Knowledge? Heterogeneity in Within-Family Processes
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DOI：
10.1037/dev0000220
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
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4
通讯作者：
Meeus, Wim
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作者：
Keijsers, Loes;Voelkle, Manuel C.;Meeus, Wim
本研究旨在通过评估潜在的监测过程，更好地了解青少年披露和母亲的知识在青春期的过程中的规范性下降。多水平结构方程模型应用于5年内479个家庭的15项评估（T1为13年，57%为男孩，11%为低社会经济地位）。发展下降的母亲感知的披露和知识进行了观察，这是部分解释的过程中运作的家庭单位的水平。平均而言，母亲更了解周更多的披露和更多的恳求，和青少年的披露更高的周更多的母亲的恳求和更少的控制。然而，这些家庭内相关性的效应大小甚至方向在家庭之间都是不同的。这种异质性的部分原因是母亲的控制和青少年的披露水平，以及家庭的社会经济地位。家庭内的波动的知识和披露也与波动的关系质量和青少年和母亲的情绪。总体而言，这些家庭内的过程解释了高达14%的披露和知识下降的19%的规范发展下降。因此，这项研究表明，各种各样的监测过程可能会导致青少年披露和母亲的知识规范下降。
This study aimed to gain a better understanding of the normative declines in adolescent disclosure and maternal knowledge over the course of adolescence, by assessing the underlying monitoring processes. Multilevel structural equation models were applied to 15 assessments among 479 families across 5 years (13 years at T1, 57% boys, 11% low socioeconomic status). Developmental declines in mother-perceived disclosure and knowledge were observed, which were partially explained by processes operating at the level of the family unit. On average, mothers were more knowledgeable in weeks with more disclosure and more solicitation, and adolescent disclosure was higher in weeks with more maternal solicitation and less control. The effect sizes and even the directions of these within-family correlations varied between families, however. This heterogeneity was partially explained by the level of maternal control and adolescent disclosure, and by the families' socioeconomic status. Within-family fluctuations in knowledge and disclosure were also correlated with fluctuations in relationship quality and adolescent and mother mood. Overall, these within-family processes explained up to 14% of the normative developmental decline in disclosure and 19% of the decline in knowledge. This study thus suggests that a wide variety in monitoring processes may drive normative declines in adolescent disclosure and maternal knowledge.