Adolescents' well-being as a function of perceived interparental consistency

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There are few significant differences between the psychosocial adjustment of adults who have one authoritative parent and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents with two authoritative parents, according to research undertaken among students at nine high schools in Wisconsin and northern California. Perceiving parents as consistent seems to be less significant for adolescents than having at least one parent who has high levels of both demandingness and responsiveness. Parents of this kind are able to guide, monitor and encourage young people and foster feelings of internal control and effectiveness, as well as the ability to perform well academically.

Parent and child, Parent-child relations

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Unpacking authoritative parenting: reassessing a multidimensional construct

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Teenagers tend to evaluate their general conduct, mental health and psychosocial development more positively if they perceive high levels of involvement, autonomy granting and structure from their parents. The academic performance of teenagers seems to be better when they experience high levels of involvement and autonomy granting but believe that their parents have used modest levels of supervision and monitoring. Teenagers have the healthiest psychosocial development when they also believe that their parents allow a high level of psychological autonomy, set clear standards for behaviour and remain actively involved in the teenager's life.

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