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Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups.

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Kapetanovic, S; Rothenberg, WA; Lansford, JE; Bornstein, MH; Chang, L; Deater-Deckard, K; Di Giunta, L; Dodge, KA; Gurdal, S; Malone, PS ...
Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence
June 2020

Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate parenting, including effective parent-adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven (i.e., parent behavior control and solicitation) and adolescent-driven (i.e., disclosure and secrecy) communication efforts are linked to adolescent psychological problems universally and cross-culturally is a question that needs more empirical investigation. The current study used a sample of 1087 adolescents (M = 13.19 years, SD = 0.90, 50% girls) from 12 cultural groups in nine countries including China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States to test the cultural moderation of links between parent solicitation, parent behavior control, adolescent disclosure, and adolescent secrecy with adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems. The results indicate that adolescent-driven communication, and secrecy in particular, is intertwined with adolescents' externalizing problems across all cultures, and intertwined with internalizing problems in specific cultural contexts. Moreover, parent-driven communication efforts were predicted by adolescent disclosure in all cultures. Overall, the findings suggest that adolescent-driven communication efforts, and adolescent secrecy in particular, are important predictors of adolescent psychological problems as well as facilitators of parent-adolescent communication.

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Published In

Journal of youth and adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1573-6601

ISSN

0047-2891

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

49

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1225 / 1244

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Social Adjustment
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Philippines
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
 

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Kapetanovic, S., Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., … Bacchini, D. (2020). Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(6), 1225–1244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01212-2
Kapetanovic, Sabina, W Andrew Rothenberg, Jennifer E. Lansford, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, et al. “Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups.Journal of Youth and Adolescence 49, no. 6 (June 2020): 1225–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01212-2.
Kapetanovic S, Rothenberg WA, Lansford JE, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Deater-Deckard K, et al. Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups. Journal of youth and adolescence. 2020 Jun;49(6):1225–44.
Kapetanovic, Sabina, et al. “Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups.Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 49, no. 6, June 2020, pp. 1225–44. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10964-020-01212-2.
Kapetanovic S, Rothenberg WA, Lansford JE, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Deater-Deckard K, Di Giunta L, Dodge KA, Gurdal S, Malone PS, Oburu P, Pastorelli C, Skinner AT, Sorbring E, Steinberg L, Tapanya S, Uribe Tirado LM, Yotanyamaneewong S, Peña Alampay L, Al-Hassan SM, Bacchini D. Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups. Journal of youth and adolescence. 2020 Jun;49(6):1225–1244.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of youth and adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1573-6601

ISSN

0047-2891

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

49

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1225 / 1244

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Social Adjustment
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Philippines
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male