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Hagit Sabato1, Shay Gozlan2, Tal Eyal2
1The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. hagit.sabato@mail.huji.ac.il.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
|May 12, 2025
Summary
Adolescents prefer parents understand feelings via perspective-getting, not perspective-taking. This preference, not parental actions, impacts adolescent well-being and relationship quality.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Perceived understanding in relationships correlates with satisfaction and well-being.
- Limited research exists on preferred methods for fostering relationship understanding.
- Adolescent-parental communication strategies are crucial for relationship quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate adolescents' preferred parental strategies for understanding their feelings.
- Compare adolescent preferences with inferred parental strategies and reported parental behaviors.
- Examine correlations between preferences, inferences, reported strategies, and adolescent outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Surveyed 150 adolescent-parent dyads.
- Assessed adolescents' preferred, inferred, and parents' reported strategies.
- Measured adolescents' perceived understanding, life satisfaction, and relationship quality.
Main Results:
- Adolescents preferred parents use perspective-taking (understanding from the adolescent's viewpoint).
- Parents reported using perspective-getting (asking directly about feelings).
- Adolescent outcomes were linked to preferred/inferred perspective-getting and preferred perspective-taking.
Conclusions:
- Adolescent well-being and relationship quality depend on preferred and inferred parental perspective-getting.
- Parental reported behaviors did not predict adolescent outcomes.
- Aligning parental strategies with adolescent preferences for understanding is key for positive relationships.
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