Adolescent Information Management with Parents and Siblings

父母对孩子的活动了如指掌的孩子往往会有更好的结果，犯罪行为也会减少。人们普遍认为，父母对子女活动的大多数了解都是通过父母积极监测或从子女那里获取信息来实现的。最近的研究表明，自愿披露信息，而不是父母的监督或怂恿，最能预测父母对子女活动的了解程度。目前的研究调查了另外两个问题，即家庭内的信息披露与青少年的幸福感如何相关。首先，一个家庭中的兄弟姐妹会对父母表现出类似的表白模式吗？其次，兄弟姐妹之间以及子女和父母之间的信息披露是否会影响青少年的幸福感？亲子关系不是在真空中发生的；更广泛的家庭系统和青少年在其中的角色可能会影响这些进程。通过对青春期的第一个和第二个兄弟姐妹(以及他们的父母)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涉及青少年信息披露的发展过程。具体地说，将审查青少年向父母和兄弟姐妹披露的频率和主题领域的差异，以及可能影响这一过程的家庭人口统计和兄弟姐妹关系变量。还将审查与青少年向兄弟姐妹披露信息有关的可能的积极和消极的个人适应结果，以及与向父母披露信息的关联。研究小组还将通过与密苏里州中部地区的当地PTA和社区团体建立伙伴关系来举办家庭沟通研讨会。这些会议的重点将是如何最好地创造一个鼓励青少年披露其日常生活和活动信息的家庭环境。这样的环境应该增加多个家庭关系中的信任，总体上加强家庭纽带，并保护青少年的适应。

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.