Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 108 East Dean Keeton St., Stop A2702, Austin, TX, 78712-1248, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Feb;47(2):430-444. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0717-1. Epub 2017 Jul 8.
Parents and adolescents often have discrepant views of parenting which pose challenges for researchers regarding how to deal with information from multiple informants. Although recent studies indicate that parent-adolescent discrepancies in reports of parenting can be useful in predicting adolescent outcomes, their findings are mixed regarding whether discrepancies relate to more positive or more negative adolescent outcomes. This study examined the longitudinal implications of parent-adolescent discrepancies in reports of parenting (warmth, monitoring, and reasoning) on adolescent behavioral, psychological, academic, and physical health outcomes among Mexican immigrant families in the United States. Participants were 604 adolescents (54% female, M = 12.41 years) and their parents. Taking a person-centered approach, this study identified distinct patterns of parent-adolescent discrepancies in parenting and their different associations with later adolescent outcomes. Adolescents' more negative perceptions of parenting relative to parents were associated with more negative adolescent outcomes, whereas adolescents' more positive perceptions relative to parents related to more positive adolescent outcomes. There were also variations in discrepancy patterns and their associations with adolescent outcomes between mother-adolescent vs. father-adolescent dyads. Findings of the current study highlight individual variations of discrepancies among parent-adolescent dyads and the importance of considering both the magnitude and direction of discrepancies regarding their associations with adolescent well-being.
父母和青少年对养育方式的看法常常存在差异，这给研究人员带来了挑战，因为他们需要考虑如何处理来自多个信息源的信息。尽管最近的研究表明，父母和青少年在养育方式报告上的差异可以帮助预测青少年的结果，但关于这些差异与青少年的积极结果还是消极结果之间的关系，研究结果并不一致。本研究考察了美国家庭中墨西哥移民青少年的父母和青少年在养育方式（温暖、监督和说理）报告上的差异对青少年行为、心理、学业和身体健康结果的纵向影响。参与者包括 604 名青少年（54%为女性，平均年龄为 12.41 岁）及其父母。本研究采用以个体为中心的方法，确定了父母和青少年在养育方式报告上的差异模式及其与青少年后期结果的不同关联。与父母相比，青少年对养育方式的负面看法与青少年的负面结果有关，而青少年对养育方式的正面看法与青少年的积极结果有关。在母亲-青少年和父亲-青少年对子之间，差异模式及其与青少年结果的关联也存在差异。本研究的结果突出了父母和青少年之间差异模式的个体差异，以及考虑差异的幅度和方向与其与青少年幸福感的关联的重要性。
