Frequency of communication about adolescents’ strengths and weaknesses and the parent–adolescent relationship

Goodman, Emma; Ford, Carol A.; Friedrich, Elizabeth; Ginsburg, Kenneth R.; Miller, Victoria A.; Mirman, Jessica Hafetz

doi:10.1080/10888691.2019.1594813

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“…Such a difference in the role of communication with mother and with father may reflect perceived differences for the adolescent in the nature of the communication. Adolescents report that they talk more and prefer communication with their mothers than their fathers [ 48 , 49 ], which may result from the fact that the relationship between mother and child is characterized more than father–child interactions by warmth, responsiveness and intimate exchanges [ 50 ]. However, previous studies have reported mostly on the different character of communication, whereas our study reveals that those differences result in higher risks for EBP in the case that difficulties or lack of communication, especially with mother, is combined with ACE.…”

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Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems?

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Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poor family support and communication can increase emotional and behavioural problems (EBP). Therefore, we assessed the association of difficult communication with mother and with father separately with both emotional and behavioural problems (EBP), and whether adolescents' communication with mother and with father moderates the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) with the EBP of adolescents. Methods: We used data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study conducted in 2018 in Slovakia, comprising 5202 adolescents aged from 11 to 15 (mean age 13.53; 49.3% boys). EBP were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We used generalized linear regression adjusted for age, gender and family affluence to explore the modification of the associations between ACE and EBP by communication (easy vs. difficult communication) with mother and father. Results: Difficult communication or a complete lack of communication due to the absence of mother and father increased the probability of emotional (exp (b): 0.96, 95% CI: 0.92|1.00; and 0.95, 95% CI: 0.91|0.99, respectively) and also of behavioural problems (exp (b): 0.96, 95% CI: 0.92|1.00; and 0.94, 95% CI: 0.90|0.97, respectively). We found a statistically significant interaction of communication with father on the association of ACE with EBP, showing that the joint effects were less than multiplicative. Conclusion: Difficult communication with mother and father is related to EBP among adolescents, and adolescents' communication with father moderates the association of ACE with both emotional and behavioural problems among adolescents.

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“…Our findings, especially those for paternal overreporting, suggest that some parents seem to be less effective in adapting to the changing needs of adolescents, including their way (e.g., affirmative and warm) of parental behavior. For instance, parents seem to be either less sensitive to their adolescents’ needs or less successful in obtaining information (e.g., about how they feel or in getting them to disclose) from their adolescents (Goodman et al, 2021; Kapetanovic et al, 2019). This lack of information makes it more difficult to provide adequate care and to serve as a resource for adolescents in periods of numerous challenges.…”

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Adolescents’ psychological adjustment during challenging times: The role of mothers’, fathers’, and adolescents’ ratings of parental warmth.

Gniewosz¹,

Katstaller²,

Gniewosz³

2022

Developmental Psychology

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Parent-adolescent interactions can be very loving, although both parties might not always agree. The level of and discrepancy between ratings on parenting style are indicators for functioning within the family, affecting adolescents' psychological adjustment. This 4-year multiinformant study focuses on emotional warmth in parenting as a precursor for changes in adolescents' psychological adjustment. Altogether, 1,817 German adolescents and their parents report on the quality of their parental warmth, and the former additionally rates their emotional and social problems. Combining the latent true intraindividual change (TIC) and latent congruence (LCM) models, the results indicated that a higher level of jointly perceived parental warmth is linked to more positive adjustment for adolescents, whereas a discrepant rating in terms of a parental overreporting is associated with a lower adjustment. The meaning of shared and discrepant mother-adolescent and father-adolescent ratings for adolescents' psychological adjustment during late childhood and early adolescence is discussed. Public Significance StatementPsychological adjustment during (early) adolescence is a dynamic process that is shaped by a number of factors such as interpersonal relationships with parents. This study shows that parental warmth fosters adolescents' resilience to handle social and emotional problems which is an important factor contributing to adolescent mental health.

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Trade‐offs of praise and criticism: Parents' responses to children's performance and children's resilience and depression

Li,

Song,

Zhou

2024

Family Process

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In contrast to cognitive outcomes, parental success‐oriented responses to children's performance enhanced the emotional well‐being of children. Conversely, parental failure‐oriented responses had the opposite impact. Thus, it remains unclear which response or combination of responses parents should employ to maximize their children's development. This research aimed to examine the combined effect of children's perceptions of parental success‐ and failure‐oriented responses on children's depression, with a focus on the mediating role of resilience. A total of 651 pupils (44.7% female, Mage = 10.31, range = 8–12) were investigated in China using polynomial regression and response surface analyses. Our findings suggest that when success‐ and failure‐oriented responses are congruent, failure‐oriented responses counteract the protective effect of success‐oriented responses against children's depression. The two equally matched responses demonstrated a curvilinear main effect on resilience, indicating that higher resilience was associated with the upper–middle range of the two responses. Moreover, children who reported more success‐oriented responses than failure‐oriented responses showed greater resilience and decreased depression. Resilience acted as a mediator for the combined effects of parental success and failure‐oriented responses on children's depression. The study addressed the parenting dilemma, specifically the trade‐off between success‐ and failure‐oriented responses in promoting children's optimal development.

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Frequency of communication about adolescents’ strengths and weaknesses and the parent–adolescent relationship

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems?

Does family communication moderate the association between adverse childhood experiences and emotional and behavioural problems?

Adolescents’ psychological adjustment during challenging times: The role of mothers’, fathers’, and adolescents’ ratings of parental warmth.

Trade‐offs of praise and criticism: Parents' responses to children's performance and children's resilience and depression

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