Parent and Adolescent Perceptions of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Risk Involvement
Parent and Adolescent Perceptions of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Risk Involvement
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327922par0303_01
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Stanton, Bonita
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作者：
Cottrell, Lesley;Li, Xiaoming;Stanton, Bonita
Objective.比较父母和青少年的报告，在何种程度上，父母监控他们的青少年，并确定父母的父母监控的看法是否更能预测青少年的危险行为。设计数据来自西弗吉尼亚州农村社区招募的270名父母-青少年配对的横断面样本。父母完成了一系列的书面问卷，青少年（12-16岁）提供了有关他们参与各种危险行为的信息。结果父母的看法，父母的监测工作并没有涉及到青少年的看法，父母的监测，父母普遍认为自己有更多的信息，他们的青少年的行踪和活动比他们的青少年报告。在父母和青少年监测报告之间的差异中没有发现年龄或性别的主要影响。在过去的6个月里，青少年监测报告与青少年饮酒、大麻使用和性活动呈负相关。青少年的危险行为预测的青少年报告的父母的监控。结论.父母和青少年认为父母的监控力度不同，即使双方认为父母知道很多关于青少年的活动。青少年对父母对他们活动的了解程度的看法比父母对他们自己的监督努力的看法更能预测他们自己参与危险行为的程度。
Objective. To compare parent and youth reports of the extent to which parents monitor their adolescents and to determine whether parents' perceptions of parental monitoring are more predictive of adolescent risk behavior. Design. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional sample of 270 parent - adolescent dyads recruited from rural communities in West Virginia. Parents completed a series of written questionnaires, and adolescents (12-16 years) provided information about their involvement in various risk behaviors. Results. Parent perceptions of parental monitoring efforts did not relate to adolescent perceptions of parental monitoring; parents generally perceived themselves to have more information about their adolescents' whereabouts and activities than their adolescents reported. No main effects of age or gender were found in the discrepancies between parent and adolescent monitoring reports. Adolescent reports of monitoring were negatively correlated with adolescent drinking, marijuana use, and sexual activity over the previous 6-month period. Adolescent risk behaviors were predicted by adolescent reports of parental monitoring alone. Conclusions. Parents and adolescents perceive the magnitude of parental monitoring efforts differently even when both parties perceive parents to know much about adolescent activities. Adolescents' perceptions of how much their parents know about their activities are more predictive of their own involvement in risk behaviors than their parents' perceptions about their own monitoring efforts.