Adolescent Psychological Development, Parenting Styles, and Pediatric Decision Making
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child risks harm to adolescents insofar as it encourages not only poor decision making by adolescents but also parenting styles that will have an adverse impact on the development of mature decision-making capacities in them. The empirical psychological and neurophysiological data weigh against augmenting and expression of the rights of children. Indeed, the data suggest grounds for expanding parental authority, not limiting its scope. At the very least, any adequate appreciation of the moral claims regarding the authority of parents with respect to the decision-making capacity of adolescents needs to be set within an understanding of the psychological and neurophysiological facts regarding the development of adolescent decision-making capacity.
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The adolescent brain still differs significantly from the adult brain, with frontal lobes essential for effective executive functions maturing later in children than in adults.
“Data suggest that the adolescent brain still differs significantly from the adult brain, not least because the frontal lobes that are essential for effective executive functions mature later in children than they do in adults [17].”
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An authoritative parenting style which includes direction-giving and limit-setting is positively correlated with an adolescent's developing capacity for autonomous decision-making.
“An authoritative parenting style which includes direction-giving and limit-setting is positively correlated with an adolescent’s developing capacity for autonomous decision-making [17].”
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Adolescents generally do not fully possess the capacity to appreciate the long-term consequences of their choices until the age of 21.
“Adolescents generally do not fully possess the capacity to appreciate the long-term consequences of their choices until the age of 21 [17].”
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“Data suggest that the adolescent brain still differs significantly from the adult brain, not least because the frontal lobes that are essential for effective executive functions mature later in children than they do in adults [17].”
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- Authors
- Partridge, B. C.
- Corresponding author
- Partridge, B. C.
- Venue
- Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-09-24
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 518-525
- ISSN
- 0360-5310 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-5019
- OpenAlex
- W2095598483
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 2.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Keywords
- parenting styles, Convention on the Rights of the Child, parental authority, adolescent psychological development, pediatric decision-making, children's rights
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Authoritarianism, Decision Making, Humans, Parent-Child Relations, Philosophy, Medical, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Professional-Family Relations, United Nations, Global Health, Parenting, Personal Autonomy, Patient Rights, Dissent and Disputes, Adolescent Development
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