Trends in Parental Monitoring and Knowledge Over Time Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Girls

This study assessed whether trajectories of parental monitoring components were different for sexual minority girls (SMGs) compared to heterosexual girls. We recruited 14–19‐year‐old girls from two adolescent medicine clinics. We estimated growth curve models to compare how components of parental mo...

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Published in:Journal of research on adolescence 2017-12, Vol.27 (4), p.810-825
Main Authors: Montano, Gerald T., McCauley, Heather L., Miller, Elizabeth, Chisolm, Deena J., Marshal, Michael P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent girls
Adolescents
Childrearing practices
Girls
Heterosexuality
Knowledge
Medicine
Minority groups
Parents & parenting
Risk behavior
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Summary:This study assessed whether trajectories of parental monitoring components were different for sexual minority girls (SMGs) compared to heterosexual girls. We recruited 14–19‐year‐old girls from two adolescent medicine clinics. We estimated growth curve models to compare how components of parental monitoring—adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental knowledge—changed over 2 years for SMGs and heterosexual girls. SMGs and heterosexual girls had similar trajectory slopes and quadratic forms of adolescent disclosure, but SMGs had consistently lower adolescent disclosure scores. Parental knowledge trajectories indicated differential intercepts and slopes for SMGs compared to heterosexual girls, suggesting potential higher risk for maladaptive behaviors. Results of this study suggest that parental monitoring may operate differently over time for SMGs compared to heterosexual girls.
ISSN:1050-8392
1532-7795
DOI:10.1111/jora.12316