Adolescent Information Management with Parents and Siblings

父母了解孩子活动的孩子往往有更好的结果，减少犯罪。 人们普遍认为，父母对子女活动的了解大多来自父母积极努力监督子女或向子女征求信息。 最近的研究表明，自愿披露信息，而不是父母的监督或征求，是最能预测父母对子女活动的了解程度。 目前的研究调查了两个额外的问题，如何在家庭内披露与青少年的福祉。首先，一个家庭中的兄弟姐妹是否与他们的父母表现出相似的披露模式？第二，兄弟姐妹之间以及孩子和父母之间的信息披露是否会影响青少年的幸福感？父母与青少年的关系不是在真空中产生的;更广泛的家庭系统和青少年在其中的作用可能会影响这些过程。 通过对青春期的第一个和第二个出生的兄弟姐妹（及其父母）进行为期三年的纵向研究，研究小组旨在调查更广泛的家庭系统中青少年披露的发展过程。 具体而言，披露的频率和主题域的差异，青少年透露给父母与兄弟姐妹，以及家庭人口和兄弟姐妹关系的变量，可能会影响这一过程。 可能的积极和消极的个人调整结果与青少年披露兄弟姐妹，独立的披露与父母的协会也将进行审查。研究小组还将通过与密苏里州中部地区的当地PTA和社区团体合作，举办家庭沟通研讨会。这些会议将侧重于如何最好地创造一个家庭环境，鼓励青少年披露有关其日常生活和活动的信息。 这样的环境应该增加多个家庭关系中的信任，普遍加强家庭纽带，并为青少年的适应提供保护。

Children whose parents are knowledgeable about their children's activities tend to have better outcomes, with reduced delinquency. It is commonly believed that most parental knowledge about their children's activities comes through active efforts of parents to monitor or solicit information from their children. Recent research indicates that voluntary disclosure of information, not parental monitoring or solicitation, is most predictive of how much parents know about their children's activities. The current research investigates two additional questions about how disclosure within families relates to adolescent well-being. First, do siblings within a family show similar patterns of disclosure with their parents? Second, does disclosure between siblings, as well as between children and parents, impact adolescent well-being? Parent-adolescent relationships do not occur within a vacuum; the broader family system and adolescents' roles within it may influence these processes. Through the use of a three-year longitudinal study of first- and second-born siblings during adolescence (and their parents), the research team aims to investigate the developmental processes involved in adolescent disclosure within the broader family system. Specifically, the differences in frequency of disclosure and the topic domains about which adolescents disclose to parents versus siblings will be examined, as well as family demographic and sibling relationship variables which may influence this process. Possible positive and negative individual adjustment outcomes associated with adolescent disclosure to siblings, separate from those associations with disclosure to parents will also be examined. The research team will also conduct family communication workshops through partnerships with local PTA and community groups within the mid-Missouri area. The sessions will focus on how best to create a family environment that encourages adolescents to disclose information about their daily lives and activities. Such an environment should increase trust within multiple family relationships, generally strengthen the family bond, and be protective for adolescent adjustment.