Department of Psychology, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, USA.
Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
J Genet Psychol. 2022 Sep-Oct;183(5):465-481. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2022.2083936. Epub 2022 Jun 11.
A sample of Ghanaian ( = 119) and United States (US; = 70) adolescents was used to examine parental management of peer relationships. Adolescents completed measures of consulting, guiding, parent-adolescent conflict about peers, and social behavior. Compared to US adolescents, Ghanaian adolescents reported higher levels of overt aggression and relational aggression. Ghanaian adolescents reported higher levels of conflict with parents about peers than US adolescents. Ghanaian boys reported the highest level of conflict with parents about peers, US boys reported the lowest level of conflict with parents about peers, and Ghanaian and US girls reported medium levels of conflict about peers. Girls reported higher levels of prosocial behavior than boys. Older adolescents reported higher levels of conflict with parents about peers, higher levels of overt aggression, and higher levels of relational aggression. Across nationality groups, higher levels of consulting were related to lower levels of overt aggression. Multiple regression analyses suggested that higher levels of conflict with parents about peer relationships was related to higher levels of overt aggression and relational aggression across nationality groups. A significant two-way interaction revealed that, for US adolescents, higher levels of consulting were related to higher levels of prosocial behavior. A significant three-way interaction suggested that guiding was not related to prosocial behavior regardless of level of conflict among Ghanaian adolescents. For US adolescents, higher levels of guiding at higher levels of conflict were associated with higher levels of prosocial behavior among US adolescents.
采用加纳（ = 119）和美国（US； = 70）青少年样本，考察父母对同伴关系的管理。青少年完成了咨询、指导、父母与青少年关于同伴的冲突以及社会行为的测量。与美国青少年相比，加纳青少年报告了更高水平的外显攻击和关系攻击。加纳青少年报告了与父母关于同伴的冲突比美国青少年更高。加纳男孩报告与父母关于同伴的冲突最高，美国男孩报告与父母关于同伴的冲突最低，加纳和美国女孩报告了中等水平的同伴冲突。女孩报告了比男孩更高水平的亲社会行为。年龄较大的青少年报告了与父母关于同伴的冲突更高，外显攻击和关系攻击水平更高。在国籍群体中，更高水平的咨询与更低水平的外显攻击有关。多元回归分析表明，在国籍群体中，与父母关于同伴关系的冲突越高，与外显攻击和关系攻击的水平越高有关。一个显著的双向交互表明，对于美国青少年来说，更高水平的咨询与更高水平的亲社会行为有关。一个显著的三向交互表明，无论加纳青少年的冲突水平如何，指导都与亲社会行为无关。对于美国青少年来说，在更高的冲突水平上，更高水平的指导与美国青少年更高水平的亲社会行为有关。
