Adolescents' and parents' changing conceptions of parental authority

A qualitative study into parental mediation of adolescents' internet use

“…It can be expected that the child's obedience and openness toward parental mediation declines with age. Adolescence is typically marked by a constant renegotiation and shifting of the boundaries that mark the personal jurisdiction of the young person versus the authority of the parents (Smetana, Crean, & Campione-Barr, 2005).…”

“…In the studies by Smetana, Crean, and Campione-Barr (2005) and Smetana, Metzger, Gettman, and Campione-Barr (2006), parental authority is investigated from a domain-specific and developmental framework. A distinction is made among the moral domain (referring to acts that pertain to other people's rights and welfare), the conventional domain (referring to acts that are regulated by social norms, such as etiquette and manners), the prudential domain (referring to acts that affect the individual's comfort, safety, or health), and the personal domain (referring to issues that are regarded as having consequences for the actor only and outside societal regulation and moral concern).…”

“…A distinction is made among the moral domain (referring to acts that pertain to other people's rights and welfare), the conventional domain (referring to acts that are regulated by social norms, such as etiquette and manners), the prudential domain (referring to acts that affect the individual's comfort, safety, or health), and the personal domain (referring to issues that are regarded as having consequences for the actor only and outside societal regulation and moral concern). In addition to these four domains, multifaceted issues are distinguished as covering diverse domains (Smetana et al, 2005;Smetana et al, 2006). Parents as well as adolescents perceive parental authority to be most appropriate in the prudential domain (thus covering issues related to health and safety, such as drinking and smoking behavior) and least appropriate in the personal domain (thus covering issues that are considered private, such as whom the adolescent is friends with).…”

“…Parents also identified possible risks in terms of emotional stress, reputational loss, and distraction from offline activities. This implies that the internet covers multiple social domains as distinguished by Smetana et al (2005). It is part of a child's personal domain but also covers issues from the socio-conventional and moralistic domain (what is appropriate and "correct"…”

Como se define a autonomia?: O perfil discriminante em adolescentes gaúchos

“…Por outro lado, os adolescentes percebem questões de escolha pessoal como fora da alçada dos pais. Nesse domínio (ou nas questões multidomínio, que envolvem também o domínio pessoal), os jovens tendem a exercer maior autonomia, legitimando e obedecendo menos a autoridade parental (Barbosa, 2014;Smetana, 2006;Smetana, Crean, & Campione-Barr, 2005).…”