Adolescent perceptions of overall family system functioning and parental behaviors

Henry, Carolyn S.; Robinson, Linda C.; Neal, Rachel A.; Huey, Erron L.

doi:10.1007/s10826-006-9051-z

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“…The moderate correlation found between the parental monitoring scale, the overall family relations scale, and the three family relations subscales supports other research showing an association between parental monitoring and aspects of family relations (11,44). The magnitude of the association between overall family relations and drinking profiles was larger than the association of the subscales and drinking profiles, and both the parental monitoring and overall family relations scales had similar associations with drinking profiles.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Parental monitoring and family relations: Associations with drinking patterns among male and female Mexican students

Strunin

Díaz-Martínez²,

Díaz-Martínez

et al. 2015

Addictive Behaviors

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Introduction Parental monitoring and family relations are recognized as protective factors for youth alcohol use. The purpose of this study was to investigate perceived parental monitoring and family relations among subgroups of Mexican youths with different patterns of drinking behaviors and consequences. Methods A Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) identified profiles of drinking behavior in a cross-sectional survey of entering first year university students. Multinomial regression examined associations between parental monitoring, family relations and drinking profiles among 22,224 students. Results Both lower perceived parental monitoring and weaker perceived family relations were associated with heavier drinking profiles among males and females, but more strongly associated with female than male heavier drinking profiles. Being older, having parents with lower education, and not living with parents were also associated with lower parental monitoring and weaker family relations. There was a general trend of lower parental monitoring and weaker family relations as the profiles increased from Non/Infrequent-No Consequences to Excessive-Many Consequences drinkers. Lower perceived parental monitoring and weaker perceived family relations were more strongly associated with drinking profiles among females than among males. Both the parental monitoring and family relations scales had similar associations with drinking profiles. Conclusions Findings suggest drinking norms and values may contribute to any protective influences of parental monitoring and family relations on Mexican youths’ drinking. Research about changes in drinking norms, contextual factors, and youth-parent trust would inform the utility of parental monitoring or family relations as protective strategies against alcohol misuse among Mexican and Mexican American youths and also youths from other backgrounds.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Parental monitoring and family relations: Associations with drinking patterns among male and female Mexican students

Strunin

Díaz-Martínez²,

Díaz-Martínez

et al. 2015

Addictive Behaviors

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“…Peterson and Hann (1999) also found that parents who maintained awareness of their children's activities and used reasoning to guide behavior had children with higher moral development and self-esteem. Research suggests that a combination of discipline and parental support (i.e., being available and showing interest in each others' lives) is advantageous to adolescents' positive development (e.g., Clark and Ladd 2000;Pianta and Walsh 1998;Olson 2000;Henry et al 2006).…”

Section: Ecological Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimism in Early Adolescence: Relations to Individual Characteristics and Ecological Assets in Families, Schools, and Neighborhoods

2014

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Optimism is associated with a number of positive health and life course outcomes among adults, yet less is known about the role of optimism during the formative early adolescent years. Using a strengths-based relational developmental systems model, this study explored the relation of dispositional optimism to individual-level characteristics and ecological assets in families, schools, and neighborhoods in a sample of early adolescents. Specifically, early adolescents' optimism, personal characteristics (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, self-concept, positive behavior), and ecological assets (i.e., perceived parent support, parent knowledge, dinner with an adult family member, school adult support, school connectedness, neighborhood adult support, neighborhood safe places) were assessed in 1,250 4th to 7th graders from 23 public elementary schools in seven urban school districts. Correlational and hierarchical regression analyses suggested that positive self-concept, low depressive symptoms, and high perceived parental support and school connectedness were most strongly associated with adolescents' optimism. The importance of examining individual characteristics in conjunction with the relational features of early adolescents' environments when understanding optimism is discussed.

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“…Parents who engage in monitoring are more involved in their children's lives, provide ample guidance, and promote healthy psychological development. When examining adolescent perceptions of overall family system functioning, Henry, Robinson, Neal and Huey (2006) found that balanced family functioning (i.e., associated with high levels of cohesion and adaptability) was associated with parental support and monitoring, suggesting that behavioral control is an aspect related to close and connected families.…”

Section: Parental Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Stories of Empathy in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Soucie¹,

Lawford²,

Pratt³

2012

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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Adolescent perceptions of overall family system functioning and parental behaviors

Cited by 31 publications

References 22 publications

Parental monitoring and family relations: Associations with drinking patterns among male and female Mexican students

Parental monitoring and family relations: Associations with drinking patterns among male and female Mexican students

Optimism in Early Adolescence: Relations to Individual Characteristics and Ecological Assets in Families, Schools, and Neighborhoods

Personal Stories of Empathy in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

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