Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University.
Dev Psychol. 2023 Oct;59(10):1906-1920. doi: 10.1037/dev0001620.
Adolescence is a challenging and sensitive developmental period in which mothers and adolescents may be vulnerable to internalizing symptoms. The current study aimed to understand how patterns of changes in mother-adolescent perceived parenting (i.e., mother-adolescent perceived parenting transition profiles) corresponded with trajectories of mothers' and adolescents' internalizing symptoms from early to late adolescence. The current study utilized a three-wave longitudinal data set of 604 adolescents (54% female, Mage = 12.92, SD = 0.92) and 595 mothers (Mage = 38.89, SD = 5.74) from Mexican-origin immigrant families and adopted mother-adolescent perceived parenting transition profiles from a previous study. Multiple group analyses showed that mother-adolescent dyads who agreed on high levels of positive parenting across the course of adolescence (i.e., Stable Both High) experienced the lowest levels of internalizing symptoms, whereas dyads that showed an inconsistent pattern of mixed profile typologies over time (i.e., Fluctuated) experienced high levels of internalizing symptoms. For mother-adolescent dyads that consistently showed a pattern in which mothers reported more positive parenting compared to their adolescent children (i.e., Stable Mother High), mothers experienced low levels of (and even a decrease in) internalizing symptoms, while adolescents experienced considerably high levels of internalizing symptoms over time. The results for the other two parenting transition profiles (i.e., Change to Both High and Change from Both High) are also discussed. The findings highlight the importance of developing separate adaptive interventions to reduce internalizing symptoms for mothers and children by considering their change patterns of perceived parenting during the course of adolescence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
青春期是一个充满挑战和敏感的发展时期，在此期间，母亲和青少年可能容易出现内化症状。本研究旨在了解母亲-青少年感知到的育儿模式（即母亲-青少年感知到的育儿过渡模式）的变化模式如何与母亲和青少年从青春期早期到晚期的内化症状轨迹相对应。本研究利用了一项来自墨西哥裔移民家庭的 604 名青少年（54%为女性，Mage = 12.92，SD = 0.92）和 595 名母亲（Mage = 38.89，SD = 5.74）的三波纵向数据集，并采用了先前研究中提出的母亲-青少年感知到的育儿过渡模式。多组分析表明，在整个青春期期间，对积极育儿持一致高水平看法的母子（即稳定双方均高）经历的内化症状水平最低，而随着时间的推移表现出不一致的混合模式类型的母子（即波动）经历了高水平的内化症状。对于一直表现出母亲报告的积极育儿水平高于其青少年子女的模式的母子（即稳定母亲高），母亲经历的内化症状水平较低（甚至有所下降），而青少年随着时间的推移经历了相当高的内化症状水平。对于其他两种育儿过渡模式（即转变为双方均高和转变为双方均高）的结果也进行了讨论。研究结果强调了通过考虑母亲和孩子在青春期过程中感知到的育儿模式的变化模式，制定单独的适应性干预措施来降低母亲和孩子内化症状的重要性。
