Predictors of adolescents' disclosure to parents and perceived parental knowledge: Between- and within-person differences

dc.contributor.authorDarling, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorCumsille, Patricio
dc.contributor.authorCaldwell, Linda L.
dc.contributor.authorDowdy, Bonnie
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:06:01Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:06:01Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractAdolescents' willingness to share information with parents is a central process through which parents gain knowledge of their adolescents' lives. This paper addresses four questions important to understanding adolescents' decisions to voluntarily disclose areas of parent-adolescent disagreement: What are the contribution of parent-adolescent agreement and adolescents' non-disclosure of disagreement to adolescents' perceptions of parental knowledge?; Which adolescents are most likely to disclose to parents in case of disagreement?; Under what conditions are adolescents more or less likely to disclose disagreement?; and What type of non-disclosure will different adolescents use and under what conditions? Self-report data from 120 adolescents (M age = 15.8) revealed that failure to disclose disagreement, but not overall agreement, predicted perceived parental knowledge. Adolescents from authoritative homes and those less involved in disapproved leisure were more likely to disclose disagreement and less likely to lie. Within-person differences in disclosure were predicted by the presence of explicit rules and adolescents' beliefs about required obedience.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10964-006-9058-1
dc.identifier.issn0047-2891
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9058-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/96070
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000239563700015
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final678
dc.pagina.inicio667
dc.revistaJournal of youth and adolescence
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectparent-child relations
dc.subjectmonitoring
dc.subjectparent-adolescent communication
dc.subjectlying
dc.subjectdisclosure
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titlePredictors of adolescents' disclosure to parents and perceived parental knowledge: Between- and within-person differences
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen35
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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