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The Longitudinal Associations Between Parental Autonomy Support, Autonomy and Peer Resistance
Jingyun Wang1, Tessa Kaufman2, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros2,3
1Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. j.wang6@uu.nl.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
|December 8, 2023
Summary
Parental autonomy support and peer resistance are linked to adolescent autonomy. Increases in supportive parenting and peer resistance coincide with increased adolescent autonomy within individuals.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Adolescent Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Adolescent autonomy develops within family and peer contexts.
- The dynamic interplay between parental support, adolescent autonomy, and peer influence requires further investigation.
- Understanding within-person associations over time is crucial for developmental trajectories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the longitudinal within-person associations between parental autonomy support, adolescent general autonomy, and peer resistance.
- To clarify how changes in these factors influence each other over time in early and middle-to-late adolescence.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study utilizing random-intercept cross-lagged panel models.
- Data collected from 290 early adolescents and 220 middle-to-late adolescents over two years (four time points).
- Analysis focused on within-person changes and concurrent/longitudinal associations.
Main Results:
- Changes in adolescent general autonomy were concurrently associated with changes in parental autonomy support and peer resistance.
- These within-person associations were not significant over a six-month longitudinal period.
- Findings highlight immediate co-occurrence of autonomy shifts with parenting and peer dynamics.
Conclusions:
- Increases in supportive parenting and peer resistance appear to co-occur with increases in adolescent autonomy at the individual level.
- The study underscores the interconnectedness of autonomy development with family and peer influences in adolescence.
- Further research is needed to elucidate the precise longitudinal mechanisms driving these relationships.
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