
ERIC Number: EJ795448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar-22
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Parenting and Adolescent Well-Being in Two European Countries
Ciairano, Silvia; Kliewer, Wendy; Bonino, Silvia; Bosma, Harke Anne
Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, v43 n169 p99 Mar 2008
The main and interactive effects of parental behavioral control and parental support on adolescent adjustment were examined with students ages 15-19 in Italy (N = 391, 59.1% male) and The Netherlands (N = 373, 45.3% male). In general, parental support was associated with better adjustment and parental control was associated with worse adjustment. However, parental control as well as age and sex moderated the effects of parental support on psychological discomfort and expectations of future success. Positive self-perceptions were less well predicted. Further, there were more moderated effects in the Dutch sample than in the Italian sample. Generalizability of the contributions of parenting behavior to adolescent adjustment outside of a North American context is discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles, Well Being, Parent Child Relationship, Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Self Concept, Cultural Differences, Developmental Stages, Success, Predictor Variables, Parent Influence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy; Netherlands; North America
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