Brief report: Improving the validity of assessments of adolescents' feelings of privacy invasion

Laird, Robert D.; Marrero, Matthew D.; Melching, Jessica A.; Kuhn, Emily S.

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.10.011

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“…Adolescents responded to six items assessing feeling of privacy invasion (e.g., “My parents invade my privacy”) adapted from Hawk, Hale, Raaijmakers, and Meeus (). We excluded items assessing parental monitoring behavior from the feelings of privacy invasion measure (see Laird, Marrero, Melching, & Khun, , for rationale and further discussion). Responses to both sets of items were scored using a 5‐point scale (0 = strongly disagree , 1 = disagree , 2 = agree nor disagree , 3 = agree , 4 = strongly agree ).…”

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Psychological reactance and negative emotional reactions in the link between psychological control and adolescent adjustment

Laird

Frazer

2019

Social Development

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Researchers consistently report links between psychological control and adolescent behavior problems, but the processes linking psychological control with behavior problems are unclear. Adolescents’ negative emotional reactions and psychological reactance were tested as potential longitudinal mediators linking parental psychological control with both internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Data were collected from a sample of 242 adolescents (M age = 15.4 at Time 1; 50.8% female; 50% white, non‐Hispanic, 18% African American, 16% Hispanic, and 16% of other or multiple ethnicities) at three time points over a 2‐year period. Adolescents self‐reported depressive symptoms, antisocial behavior, negative emotional reactions, and psychological reactance. Adolescents and their parents provided ratings of parental psychological control. Cross‐sectional models replicated patterns previously reported suggesting that negative emotional reactions and reactance mediate between psychological control and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. However, in cross‐lagged panel models, neither negative emotional reactions nor reactance emerged as a mediator between psychological control and internalizing or externalizing problems. In contrast, results suggested that psychological control is an outcome of rather than contributor to, negative emotional reactions. Moreover, the addition of random intercepts to cross‐lagged models indicated that associations between psychological control, emotional and behavioral reactions, and internalizing/externalizing behavior may represent stable trait‐like patterns.

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Psychological reactance and negative emotional reactions in the link between psychological control and adolescent adjustment

Laird

Frazer

2019

Social Development

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“…A Dutch translation of the Level of Expressed Emotion (LEE) questionnaire (Hale, Raaijmakers, Gerlsma, & Meeus, 2007) assessed adolescents' perceptions of privacy invasion. A recent study (Laird, Marrero, Melching, & Kuhn, 2013b) recommended omitting three items of the original seven-item measure to avoid conflating perceived invasion with perceived monitoring. Adolescents responded to four items on a 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree).…”

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“Snooping” as a Distinct Parental Monitoring Strategy: Comparisons With Overt Solicitation and Control

Hawk

Becht

Branje

2015

J of Research on Adolesc

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Parents can use solicitation (asking questions) and control (disclosure rules) to obtain information about adolescents, but only if youths comply. Snooping might uncover additional information, but also strongly violates privacy expectations. Three studies of parents and adolescents examined distinctions between snooping, solicitation, and control. Differences existed in terms of factor structure and frequency (Studies 1-2), links to perceived invasion (Study 1), correlations with problematic communication, behavior, and relationships (Study 2), and parent-adolescent (dis)agreement about acceptability (Study 3). Snooping is a relatively infrequent monitoring behavior, compared to solicitation and control, but appears to be a stronger indicator of problems in adolescent and family functioning. We discuss implications regarding the necessity and appropriateness of particular parental monitoring behaviors.

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“…Although there is growing knowledge about parental monitoring in cyberaggression, much less is known about the role of youth disclosure. Early adolescents are reluctant to disclose information to their parents (Laird et al, 2013). Makri-Botsari and Karagianni (2014) indicated that the majority of adolescents in their study preferred to report cyberaggression incidents to their friends rather than to their parents.…”

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“…They begin to take control over the amount of information they share with their parents by not revealing thoughts and experiences as freely as in the past (Frijns et al, 2020). In an attempt to regain control, parents may monitor or restrict the adolescent's activities, or explicitly solicit information from them (Laird et al, 2013).…”

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Cyberaggression: The Effect of Parental Monitoring on Bystander Roles

Levy

Sela‐Shayovitz

2020

IJCYFS

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The digital world has created new opportunities for aggression through cyberaggression. Despite growing research interest in cyberaggression, little is known about the various bystander roles in the digital interaction. This paper examines the effect of parental monitoring practices (parental restriction, youth disclosure, and parental solicitation) on five bystander roles: aggressor-supporter, defender, help-seeker, outsider, and passive bystander. Data were derived from self-report questionnaires answered by a sample of 501 adolescents in Israel. The findings indicate that adolescents who share their experiences of cyberaggression with their parents are more likely than others to defend the cybervictim. Interaction effects were found between adolescent gender, installing warning applications, parent gender, and the aggressor-supporter role. Boys whose parents installed warning applications and whose fathers monitored their online activities were positively associated with the aggressor-supporter role, while girls who were higher aggressor-supporter reported that their parents used warning applications but did not monitor their online activities. The discussion focuses on the theoretical and practical implications of the effectiveness of parental monitoring on the cyberaggression bystander’s role.

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Brief report: Improving the validity of assessments of adolescents' feelings of privacy invasion

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Psychological reactance and negative emotional reactions in the link between psychological control and adolescent adjustment

Psychological reactance and negative emotional reactions in the link between psychological control and adolescent adjustment

“Snooping” as a Distinct Parental Monitoring Strategy: Comparisons With Overt Solicitation and Control

Cyberaggression: The Effect of Parental Monitoring on Bystander Roles

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