Browsing by Subject "Adolescent adjustment"
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Item Concordance and discordance in parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of parenting : a meta-analytic study(2018-07-31) Hou, Yang; Kim, Su Yeong; Benner, Aprile D.; Hazen, Nancy; Varner, Fatima; Beretvas, NatashaResearchers and clinicians often rely on multiple informants (e.g., parents and children) to report on child mental health problems and parenting behaviors; yet, different informants often provide inconsistent information (De Los Reyes et al., 2015; Korelitz & Garber, 2016). Such informant discordance creates challenges for clinicians in delivering services to patients and for researchers in drawing conclusions from study findings. Extant studies are inconsistent regarding the extent and sources of parent-adolescent discordance in perceptions of parenting and whether discordance relates to more positive or more negative adolescent outcomes. The current meta-analytic study aimed to shed light on these issues by examining potential moderators (e.g., adolescent, parent, and family characteristics) on (1) the relation between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting and (2) the relation between parent-adolescent parenting discordance and adolescent outcomes. By systematically synthesizing 313 studies involving both parent- and adolescent-reported parenting, the current study demonstrated that the correlation between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting was generally small, although it was significantly different from zero (r = .276, 95% CI [.262, .290]); on average, parents perceived parenting more positively than adolescents, with a mean-level difference that was small but significantly different from zero (g = .242, 95% CI [0.188, 0.296]). Meta-regression analyses demonstrated that there were higher levels of parent-adolescent discordance for younger (versus older) and male (versus female) adolescents, for non-clinical parents (versus parents with internalizing symptoms), in more individualistic societies such as the United States, and in ethnic minority (versus White), low (versus high) socioeconomic status, and non-intact (versus intact) families among U.S. samples. By meta-analyzing 24 studies that examined how parent-adolescent parenting discordance relates to adolescent outcomes, the current study found that parents’ more positive perceptions of parenting relative to adolescents negatively related to adolescent outcomes (r = -.083, 95% CI [-.129, -0.036]). This negative association was stronger among ethnic minority families than White families in the United States. Together, the current meta-analyses provide comprehensive information regarding (1) who are most likely to experience parent-adolescent discordance in reports of parenting and (2) whether and for whom parent-adolescent parenting discordance relates to more negative outcomes. These findings have important implications for research and clinical practice, including what future studies need to be done and what populations should be particularly targeted for intervention.Item A conditional indirect effect of language brokering on adjustment among Chinese and Korean American adolescents : the roles of perceived maternal sacrifice, respect for the mother, and mother-child open communication(2013-05) Shen, Yishan; Kim, Su YeongAsian American adolescents, such as Chinese and Korean American adolescents, often language broker for their immigrant parents. This study examines how language brokering influences parent-child relationships and adolescents' psychological adjustment in Asian-American families. Using a two-wave sample of Chinese (n = 237; average age = 14.65, SD = .68) and Korean (n = 262; average age = 14.72, SD = .69) American adolescents, this study examined a culturally relevant conditional mechanism through which language brokering may contribute to lower levels of internalizing/externalizing problems. Results suggested that language brokering for the mother was associated with perceived maternal sacrifice, which was in turn associated with respect for the mother, which was eventually associated with lower levels of externalizing problems (but not internalizing problems) in the adolescents. Moreover, the indirect effect was conditional on the level of mother-child open communication. With a lower level of open communication, the indirect effect of language brokering on externalizing problems became stronger. Results indicate that interventions designed to reduce Asian American adolescent language brokers' externalizing problems can target their perception of parental sacrifice and their respect for parents, and that this approach may be especially effective for adolescents experiencing a low level of parent-child open communication. At the same time, for these families with low levels of parent-child open communication, encouraging more open communication may be an additional way to intervene.Item Family obligation, parenting, and adolescent outcomes among Mexican American families(2020-08-14) Yan, Jinjin; Kim, Su YeongFamily obligation is considered a generally promotive factor in the development of Mexican American adolescents. However, most prior studies have focused on only adolescents’ sense of family obligation. The impact of parents’ sense of family obligation on adolescent outcomes is less often considered. Moreover, the mechanism through which a sense of family obligation links to adolescent outcomes in Mexican American families still remains unknown. Thus, the current study utilizes data from a two-wave longitudinal study to investigate the mediating role of parenting practices in the association between both parents’ and adolescents’ sense of family obligation and adolescent outcomes. Participants were 604 Mexican American adolescents (54.3% female, M [subscript age.wave1] = 12.41 years, SD = .97) and their parents residing in Central Texas. Results revealed that parents with a greater sense of family obligation reported more positive parenting practices and adolescents with a stronger sense of family obligation perceived more supportive parenting practices. Supportive parenting practices were found to be significant mediators in the longitudinal connections through which both adolescents’ and parents’ sense of family obligation related to subsequent adolescent outcomes. There were parent gender differences: adolescents’ family obligation was more strongly related to their reports of maternal (vs. paternal) parenting. The links also varied across informants for parenting: a) individuals’ sense of family obligation related only to their own perceptions of parenting; and b) there were more evident associations between adolescent-reported (vs. parent-reported) parenting and adolescent outcomes. These findings will provide significant implications for future interventions and policies for promoting adolescent outcomes by shaping both parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of more supportive parenting practices in Mexican American families.