Examining the Bidirectional Associations between Adolescents’ Disclosure, Parents’ Solicitation, and Adjustment Problems among Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic Early Adolescents
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Research indicates that parents' solicitation and adolescents' disclosure of information are negatively associated with adjustment problems (depressive symptoms and conduct problems). However, few studies examine the bidirectional associations between these variables with early adolescents in the United States or the race/ethnic group differences in these bidirectional associations. We examined cross-lagged associations and race/ethnic group differences between parents' solicitation, adolescents' disclosure and adjustment problems among 209 non-Hispanic White (61.2%) and Hispanic (38.8%) early adolescents (67.5% female) across a 1-year period. The findings indicated that adolescents' disclosure was negatively associated with subsequent depressive symptoms, while parents' solicitation was positively associated with subsequent depressive symptoms. No significant race/ethnic group differences were indicated. Family-based interventions should encourage adolescents to disclose information to parent(s) due to its promotive capabilities.
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No differences in parental self-disclosure were observed between Hispanic adolescents and non-Hispanic White adolescents.
“In a separate study of adolescents, no differences in parental selfdisclosure were observed between Hispanic adolescents and non-Hispanic White adolescents (Fernandez et al., 2018).”
From Daily Communication Between First-Year College Students and Their Parents: Associations With Perceived Relationship Positivity (2024) · cites this paper as Fernandez et al., 2018
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- Authors
- Fernandez, A., Loukas, A., & Pasch, K. E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Published
- 2018-07-20
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2569-2583
- ISSN
- 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6601
- OpenAlex
- W2884275095
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, parent-adolescent communication, depressive symptoms, conduct problems, adolescent adjustment, early adolescents, Latino youth, non-Hispanic White adolescents, bidirectional relationship, family intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Depression, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Social Adjustment, United States, Disclosure, White People, Self Report
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