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What Drives Developmental Change in Adolescent Disclosure and Maternal Knowledge? Heterogeneity in Within-Family Processes
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Keijsers, Loes; Voelkle, Manuel C.; Maciejewski, Dominique; Branje, Susan; Koot, Hans; Hiemstra, Marieke; Meeus, Wim – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study aimed to gain a better understanding of the normative declines in adolescent disclosure and maternal knowledge over the course of adolescence, by assessing the underlying monitoring processes. Multilevel structural equation models were applied to 15 assessments among 479 families across 5 years (13 years at T1, 57% boys, 11% low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Mothers
A Liberal Sexual Ethics for Adolescence? Jan Steutel's View as a Starting Point
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Tellings, A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
In this article Jan Steutel's paper "Towards a sexual ethics for adolescence" is discussed. It is argued that his dichotomous conception of "child" versus "adult" unnecessarily limits his conception of "adolescence", with unfortunate consequences for the answers to his research questions. Steutel's treatment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ethics, Sexuality, Moral Values
Parent Expectations and Their Influence on Youths' Copingstrategies.
du Bois-Reymond, Manuela – 1989
Youth is considered to be a developmental stage between childhood and adulthood. In this stage, adolescents have to master certain developmental tasks step by step, and as they manage to do so, they will grow to the status of adulthood. This study examined how adolescents direct themselves towards the expectations and conduct requirements of their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Coping