Disentangling parental monitoring. The role of family communication in achieving parental knowledge

Everri, Marina, Mancini, Tiziana and Fruggeri, Laura (2016) Disentangling parental monitoring. The role of family communication in achieving parental knowledge. Psicologia Sociale, XI (3). pp. 245-262. ISSN 1827-2517

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In this study, parental monitoring construct was disentangled through the introduction of the family communication variable. Two mediation models were tested: The model in which parental solicitation was significantly associated to youth disclosure, and in which both solicitation and youth disclosure fostered the development of positive family communication, fitted data better than the model in which family communication fostered parents' and children's monitoring behaviors. In the first model parental knowledge was achieved through two paths: (1) parental control was directly related to parental knowledge, and (2) family communication mediated the relation of parental solicitation and youth disclosure with parental knowledge, thereby highlighting more complex dynamics.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.mulino.it/riviste/issn/1827-2517
Additional Information:	© 2016 Società Editrice il Mulino
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2016 10:35
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2024 03:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/65219

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