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Early Adolescents' Reasoning About Secretive Parental Monitoring and Lying: Assessing Covert Strategies for Monitoring Risky Behaviors.

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Τίτλος: Early Adolescents' Reasoning About Secretive Parental Monitoring and Lying: Assessing Covert Strategies for Monitoring Risky Behaviors.
Συγγραφείς: Gingo M; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, USA., Eskine KE; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, USA.
Πηγή: Journal of adolescence [J Adolesc] 2026 Oct; Vol. 98 (7), pp. 2542-2557. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 23.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7808986 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1095-9254 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01401971 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: London : Elsevier
Original Publication: London, New York, Published for the Assn. for the Psychiatric Study of Adolescents by Academic Press.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Parenting*/psychology , Adolescent Behavior*/psychology , Risk-Taking* , Deception* , Parent-Child Relations*, Humans ; Female ; Adolescent ; Child ; Male
Περίληψη: Introduction: Early adolescence is a period characterized by increased desire for autonomy and increased risk-taking. At times, this combination leads parents to surreptitiously engage in covert monitoring to keep tabs on their adolescents. Whereas substantial research has investigated adolescent information management and lying, little is known about the development of adolescents' reasoning about parents' covert monitoring and lying. Our aim was to better understand these reasoning processes, by examining how they vary with age and as a function of risk assessment and monitoring strategy.
Methods: Using linear mixed-effects models, we analyzed the reasoning of an ethnically diverse US sample of 152 adolescents (10-14-year-olds, 70 female). Through clinical interviews, adolescents evaluated hypothetical vignettes depicting same-aged peers engaged in six forms of risky behavior, and parents who engaged in six forms of covert monitoring, which they lied about.
Results: Adolescents broadly rejected covert parental monitoring and lies about their monitoring. However, judgments hinged on both the invasiveness of the monitoring strategy and the type of risk, and shifted with age. Invasive monitoring was rejected more than less invasive strategies, and monitoring was accepting to a greater extent in higher-risk situations.
Discussion: The findings show that while adolescents would have preferred open communication and honesty, they did not view parents' monitoring strategies or deception in uniform ways. Adolescents' judgments and justifications provide insight into the ways in which they coordinate and draw priorities among concerns with honesty, privacy, and safety, and parents' legitimate interest and authority over certain behaviors.
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Grant Information: Patricia H. Arnold and Christopher B. Arnold Fund
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: adolescent autonomy; adolescent risk‐taking; lying; moral Judgment; parental deception; parental monitoring
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260723 Date Completed: 20261007 Latest Revision: 20261007
Update Code: 20261008
DOI: 10.1002/jad.70235
PMID: 42489010
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1095-9254
DOI:10.1002/jad.70235