Keijsers Loes, Voelkle Manuel C, Maciejewski Dominique, Branje Susan, Koot Hans, Hiemstra Marieke, Meeus Wim
Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB), Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University.
Psychological Research Methods, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Dev Psychol. 2016 Dec;52(12):2057-2070. doi: 10.1037/dev0000220.
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 socioeconomic status). Developmental declines in mother-perceived disclosure and knowledge were observed, which were partially explained by processes operating at the level of the family unit. On average, mothers were more knowledgeable in weeks with more disclosure and more solicitation, and adolescent disclosure was higher in weeks with more maternal solicitation and less control. The effect sizes and even the directions of these within-family correlations varied between families, however. This heterogeneity was partially explained by the level of maternal control and adolescent disclosure, and by the families' socioeconomic status. Within-family fluctuations in knowledge and disclosure were also correlated with fluctuations in relationship quality and adolescent and mother mood. Overall, these within-family processes explained up to 14% of the normative developmental decline in disclosure and 19% of the decline in knowledge. This study thus suggests that a wide variety in monitoring processes may drive normative declines in adolescent disclosure and maternal knowledge. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究旨在通过评估潜在的监测过程，更好地理解青少年在青春期过程中自我表露和母亲了解程度的规范性下降。对479个家庭在5年中的15次评估应用了多层次结构方程模型（T1时为13岁，男孩占57%，社会经济地位低的占11%）。观察到母亲感知的自我表露和了解程度存在发育性下降，部分原因可由家庭层面的运作过程来解释。平均而言，在自我表露和询问更多的周数里，母亲了解得更多，而在母亲询问更多且控制更少的周数里，青少年的自我表露更高。然而，这些家庭内部相关性的效应大小甚至方向在不同家庭之间存在差异。这种异质性部分可由母亲的控制水平、青少年的自我表露以及家庭的社会经济地位来解释。家庭内部知识和自我表露的波动也与关系质量以及青少年和母亲情绪的波动相关。总体而言，这些家庭内部过程解释了自我表露规范性发育下降的14%以及了解程度下降的19%。因此，本研究表明，广泛多样的监测过程可能导致青少年自我表露和母亲了解程度的规范性下降。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
