Brief report: Agreement between parent and adolescent autonomy expectations and its relationship to adolescent adjustment

Abstract While disagreement in autonomy expectations between parents and their adolescent children is normative, it may also compromise adolescent adjustment. This study examines the association between parents' and adolescents' agreement on autonomy expectations by cognitive social domain...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2016-12, Vol.53 (1), p.10-15
Main Authors: Pérez, J. Carola, Cumsille, Patricio, Martínez, M. Loreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Adolescent
Adolescent adjustment
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Adult
Agreements
Analysis of Variance
Autonomy
Autonomy expectations
Child
Children
Chile
Cognition & reasoning
Correlation analysis
Drug use
Emotional Adjustment
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Parent–adolescent agreement
Pediatrics
Personal Autonomy
Self control
Substance abuse
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
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Summary:Abstract While disagreement in autonomy expectations between parents and their adolescent children is normative, it may also compromise adolescent adjustment. This study examines the association between parents' and adolescents' agreement on autonomy expectations by cognitive social domains and adolescent adjustment. A sample of 211 Chilean dyads of adolescents (57% female, M age  = 15.29 years) and one of their parents (82% mothers, M age  = 44.36 years) reported their expectations for the age at which adolescents should decide on their own regarding different issues in their life. Indexes of parent–adolescent agreement on autonomy expectations were estimated for issues of personal and prudential domains. Greater agreement in the prudential than in the personal domain was observed. For boys and girls, higher agreement in adolescent–parent autonomy expectations in the personal domain was associated with lower substance use. A negative association between level of agreement in adolescent–parent autonomy expectations in the prudential domain and externalizing behaviors and substance use was found.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.08.010