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Loes Keijsers1, Savannah Boele1, Anne Bülow1
1Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
Few people are as important for an adolescent's development as their parents. However, most research on parent-adolescent relationships describes long-term population-wide effects. Therefore, little is known about everyday interactions between adolescents and parents in individual families. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) measures families several times a day as they go through daily life. This approach provides ecologically valid insights into which interactions took place and how they were experienced. State-of-the-art EMA studies suggest that within-family fluctuations in parenting may trigger changes in an adolescent's well-being and behaviors. In practice, moreover, EMA may strengthen family support and intervention research. This article reviews recent empirical work, highlights the (un)used theoretical and practical promise of EMA and identifies key-challenges to unlock this full potential.
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