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  • Family Studies
  • Educational Psychology

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  • Parental behaviors like autonomy support, involvement, and structure are crucial for student outcomes.
  • Understanding the distinct contributions of mothers and fathers is essential for a comprehensive view of adolescent adjustment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the predictive power of maternal and paternal behaviors (autonomy support, involvement, structure, control) on adolescents' school adjustment.
  • To assess the added value of parents' self-evaluations compared to adolescents' evaluations of parental behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-informant approach involving 522 adolescents, 535 mothers, and 296 fathers.
  • Utilized self-report measures for parental behaviors and adolescent adjustment.
  • Statistical analyses to determine the variance explained by different parental behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Parents' self-evaluations significantly predicted school adjustment beyond adolescents' perceptions.
  • Maternal autonomy support, involvement, and structure positively predicted academic and emotional adjustment; maternal control predicted lower adjustment.
  • Paternal positive behaviors predicted academic adjustment; paternal control predicted lower academic and personal-emotional adjustment.

Conclusions:

  • Multiple assessments of parental behaviors are vital for accurately predicting adolescent school adjustment.
  • Both mothers' and fathers' specific behaviors, including positive practices and control, differentially influence student outcomes.
  • Findings highlight the importance of considering both parents' perspectives and specific behaviors in supporting adolescent development.