Parents’ and adolescents’ (M age = 15.7) acceptability ratings of four information management strategies and associations between these ratings and adjustment, relationship quality, and strategy use were examined in 174 middle-class families over 1 year. Acceptance of information management was greater for adolescents than for parents and for personal than for prudential issues; acceptance decreased across telling only if asked, avoidance, omitting details, and lying. Strategy acceptance and use were associated for lying and avoiding the topic. Controlling for strategy use, teens’ acceptance of lying, omitting details, and avoidance was associated with poorer parent–adolescent relationships and more problem behavior 1 year later; acceptance of lying was associated with increases in depressed mood. Associations in the opposite direction were rare.
Article
Acceptability of information management strategies: Adolescents’ and parents’ judgments and links with adjustment and relationships.
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
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Abstract
Language
en_US
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Rote, W. M. & Smetana, J. G. (2014). Acceptability of information management strategies: Adolescents’ and parents’ judgments and links with adjustment and relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 490-505.. doi: 10.1111/jora.12143
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