Individual Differences in Early Adolescents' Beliefs in the Legitimacy of Parental Authority

Autor/inn/en	Kuhn, Emily S.; Laird, Robert D.
Titel	Individual Differences in Early Adolescents' Beliefs in the Legitimacy of Parental Authority
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 5, S.1353-1365 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0024050
Schlagwörter	Leisure Time; Early Adolescents; Decision Making; Parent Child Relationship; Individual Differences; Power Structure; Child Rearing; Parenting Styles; Predictor Variables; Middle School Students; Peer Relationship; Antisocial Behavior; Resistance (Psychology); Age Differences; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Individueller Unterschied; Kindererziehung; Prädiktor; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Peer-Beziehungen; Resistenz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Adolescents differ in the extent to which they believe that parents have legitimate authority to impose rules restricting adolescents' behavior. The purpose of the current study was to test predictors of individual differences in legitimacy beliefs during the middle school years. Annually, during the summers following Grades 5, 6, and 7, early adolescents (n = 218; 51% female, 47% African American, 73% in 2-parent homes) reported their beliefs regarding the legitimacy of parents' rules that restrict and monitor adolescents' free time activities. Cross-lagged analyses revealed that legitimacy beliefs were bidirectionally associated with independent decision making, psychological control, antisocial peer involvement, and resistance to control. Legitimacy beliefs declined more rapidly during the middle school years for boys than for girls and for adolescents who were older relative to their classmates. More independent decision making in Grades 5 and 6 predicted larger than expected declines in legitimacy beliefs in Grades 6 and 7. In sum, legitimacy beliefs weaken developmentally, and weaker legitimacy beliefs relative to same-grade peers are anteceded by premature autonomous experiences, psychological control, and adolescent attributes. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10