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. 2019 Dec;29(4):846-862.
doi: 10.1111/jora.12417. Epub 2018 Jun 19.

Coming Closer in Adolescence: Convergence in Mother, Father, and Adolescent Reports of Parenting

Stefanos Mastrotheodoros  1 , Jolien Van der Graaff  1 , Maja Deković  1 , Wim H J Meeus  1   2 , Susan J T Branje  1
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Coming Closer in Adolescence: Convergence in Mother, Father, and Adolescent Reports of Parenting

Stefanos Mastrotheodoros et al. J Res Adolesc. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

Parent-child relationships change during adolescence. Furthermore, parents and adolescents perceive parenting differently. We examined the changes in perceptions of parental practices in fathers, mothers, and adolescents during adolescence. Furthermore, we investigated if fathers', mothers', and adolescents' perceptions converge during adolescence. Following 497 families across six waves (ages 13-18), we investigated the development of parental support and behavioral control using mother and father self-reports, and adolescent reports for mothers and fathers. We found curvilinear decrease for support and control. Parent-adolescent convergence emerged over the 6 years: those with higher intercepts had a steeper decrease, whereas correlations among parent and adolescent reports increased. This multi-informant study sheds light on the development of parent-adolescent convergence on perceptions of parenting.

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Latent growth models of father, mother, adolescent–father, and adolescent–mother reports of support, T1‐T6.
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Latent growth models of father, mother, adolescent–father, and adolescent–mother reports of control, T1‐T6.
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Bivariate correlations among adolescent and parent reports of support and control, for each wave separately. Note. AM: adolescent–mother; AF: adolescent–father; MA: mother–adolescent; FA: father–adolescent.
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Bivariate correlations among reports for mother and father support and control, for each wave separately. Note. AM: adolescent–mother; AF: adolescent–father; MA: mother–adolescent; FA: father–adolescent.
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