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When Too Much Help is of No Help: Mothers' and Fathers' Perceived Overprotective Behavior and (Mal)Adaptive Functioning in Adolescents.
- Source :
- Journal of Youth & Adolescence; May2023, Vol. 52 Issue 5, p1010-1023, 14p, 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Although parental overprotection is theorized to have lasting negative effects throughout a child's life, there is limited empirical evidence available on its long-term significance on adolescent well-being. This preregistered, three-wave longitudinal study investigated the association of maternal and paternal perceived overprotection in early adolescence with the development of (mal)adaptive psychological, academic, and social functioning throughout adolescence. Data (N = 2229; 50.7% girls) from the longitudinal TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) in the Netherlands were used (M<subscript>age</subscript> T1 = 11.11, T2 = 13.57, T3 = 16.28). At T1, adolescents reported on their mothers' and fathers' overprotection. From T1 to T3 adolescents and teachers reported about internalizing problems, academic achievement, prosocial, and antisocial behavior. The results showed concurrent associations between higher levels of perceived overprotection and higher levels of internalizing problems, antisocial behaviors, and (after controlling for parental warmth and rejection) lower levels of academic achievement. Perceived overprotection was positively associated with decreased internalizing problems over time. This longitudinal association disappeared after controlling for baseline levels of internalizing problems, suggesting that this result was less robust than expected. Mothers and fathers did not differ in their associations between perceived overprotection and (mal)adaptive functioning. The findings showed that perceived overprotection is mainly concurrently associated with (mal)adaptive adolescent functioning. Future research recommendations are discussed in terms of stability and bidirectional relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC achievement evaluation
FATHERHOOD
ATTITUDES of mothers
FATHERS' attitudes
PARENTING
MOTHERHOOD
RISK assessment
ACADEMIC achievement
RESEARCH funding
TEENAGERS' conduct of life
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PARENT-child relationships
SOCIAL skills
ANTISOCIAL personality disorders
EMPIRICAL research
ADJUSTMENT disorders
LONGITUDINAL method
SECONDARY analysis
MOTHER-child relationship
FATHER-child relationship
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00472891
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Youth & Adolescence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162586507
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01723-0