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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Child Psychology

Background:

  • Parental awareness is crucial for effective responses to peer victimization.
  • Predictors of parental awareness regarding adolescent bullying experiences remain understudied.
  • Understanding parent-adolescent agreement on victimization is key to intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate parent-adolescent agreement on early adolescents' peer victimization experiences.
  • To identify predictors of parent-adolescent agreement concerning peer victimization.
  • To explore the role of parental sensitivity and warmth in this agreement.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a diverse community sample of 80 early adolescents and their parents.
  • Employed observer-rated parental sensitivity and adolescent-reported parental warmth as predictors.
  • Conducted polynomial regression analyses to examine informant agreement and discrepancies.

Main Results:

  • Parental sensitivity significantly moderated parent-adolescent agreement on peer victimization.
  • Higher levels of parental sensitivity were associated with stronger agreement between parent and adolescent reports.
  • Parental warmth did not show a significant moderating effect.

Conclusions:

  • Parental sensitivity is a key factor in enhancing parental awareness of peer victimization.
  • Interventions aimed at increasing parental sensitivity may improve understanding of adolescent bullying.
  • Findings offer insights into supporting parents in addressing peer victimization effectively.