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Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting

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Carol W Runyan¹, Catherine J Vladutiu, Michael D Schulman

¹University of North Carolina, Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7505, USA. carol_runyan@unc.edu

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

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Parents actively support working adolescents in job selection and safety. While over 70% assist with applications and interviews, they respond more strongly to hypothetical safety issues than real ones.

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Area of Science:

Occupational Health
Adolescent Development
Parenting Studies

Background:

Adolescents often work in hazardous environments, necessitating parental guidance.
Parental involvement can significantly impact adolescent employment experiences and safety outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine parental involvement in the employment and safety of working adolescents.
To understand the extent and nature of parental support for teen workers.

Main Methods:

Telephonic interviews were conducted with a national sample of 922 working adolescents and one parent each.
Data collected focused on parental assistance in job seeking, application processes, and safety issue management.

Main Results:

Over 70% of parents assisted their children with job opportunities, applications, interviews, and safety concerns.
Parents indicated stronger responses to hypothetical safety issues compared to actual reported problems.
Parental involvement levels did not correlate with the number of hazards reported by adolescent workers.

Conclusions:

Parents play a substantial role in supporting adolescents' work lives, including job acquisition and safety.
There is a gap between parents' stated willingness to address safety issues and their actions in real-time situations.
Future research should focus on strategies to improve parental effectiveness in ensuring teen worker safety.