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Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 3/2021

25-07-2020 | Original Article

Child disclosure, parental solicitation, and adjustment problems: Parental support as a mediator

Auteurs: Alejandra Fernandez, Alexandra Loukas, Keryn E. Pasch

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2021

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Abstract

Little is known about how perceived parental solicitation and child disclosure are negatively associated with early adolescent adjustment problems and/or if these associations are consistent across race/ethnic groups. This study used data from 209 early adolescents to examine perceived parental support as a mediator in the associations between perceived parental solicitation and child disclosure and subsequent adjustment problems, while also examining race/ethnic group differences across non-Hispanic White and Hispanic early adolescents using multi-group path analyses. Perceived parent support did not mediate the associations between child disclosure and perceived parental solicitation and subsequent adjustment problems. However, child disclosure was directly associated with subsequent conduct problems for Hispanic adolescents. Child disclosure and perceived parental solicitation may positively influence the parent-adolescent relationship by increasing parental support but may not entirely help in reducing the prevalence of adjustment problems. Child disclosure may be particularly beneficial for Hispanic early adolescents in reducing adjustment problems.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Child disclosure, parental solicitation, and adjustment problems: Parental support as a mediator
Auteurs
Alejandra Fernandez
Alexandra Loukas
Keryn E. Pasch
Publicatiedatum
25-07-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01032-2

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