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A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development: Child-Driven Effects

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  • Goda Kaniušonytė

    (Institute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Mary Page Leggett-James

    (Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33314, USA)

  • Brett Laursen

    (Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33314, USA)

Abstract

The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents respond to evidence of Positive Youth Development by potentially increasing support and reducing psychological control. We tested these pathways in a sample of 458 Lithuanian adolescents (52.2% girls; M = 15.14 years old at the outset) who completed surveys assaying perceptions of parent behaviors and self-reports of positive development (character, competence, connection, caring, and confidence) at annual intervals from ages 15–18. Across most lags, children’s perceptions of parenting changed in response to their own positive development with increased support and decreased psychological control. In contrast, there were no longitudinal associations from perceptions of parenting to subsequent Positive Youth Development. The results offer insight into parenting in the 21st Century, a time when youth are increasingly encouraged/required to acquire volunteer experiences designed to promote positive development. To the extent that these experiences are successful, one unexpected offshoot may be better relationships with parents.

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  • Goda Kaniušonytė & Mary Page Leggett-James & Brett Laursen, 2021. "A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development: Child-Driven Effects," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-15, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:10:y:2021:i:10:p:369-:d:647432
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