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Being Mum's Confidant, a Boon or Bane? Examining Gender Differences in the Association of Maternal Disclosure with Adolescents' Depressive Feelings
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Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Anna; Finkenauer, Catrin; van de Vorst, Haske; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
This article reports on a longitudinal study investigating gender differences in the association between maternal disclosure and adolescents' depressive symptoms. Little research has examined the relationship of parental disclosure to adolescents' depressive symptoms and research on sex differences is particularly lacking. In a sample of 428…
Descriptors: Daughters, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Social Networks
Lying Behavior, Family Functioning and Adjustment in Early Adolescence
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Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Finkenauer, Catrin; van Kooten, Dyana C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Communication between children and parents has been the subject of several studies, examining the effects of, for example, disclosure and secrecy on adolescents' social relationships and adjustment. Less attention has paid to adolescent deception. We developed and tested a new instrument on lying behavior in a sample of 671 parent-adolescent…
Descriptors: Deception, Early Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Self-Control and Early Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis
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de Kemp, Raymond A. T.; Vermulst, Ad A.; Finkenauer, Catrin; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Overbeek, Geertjan; Rommes, Els W. M.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Antisocial Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents
Keeping Secrets from Parents: Advantages and Disadvantages of Secrecy in Adolescence.
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Finkenauer, Catrin; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2002
Studied the links between secrecy and psychosocial well-being and emotional autonomy among 227 younger (12-13 years) and older (16-18 years) adolescents. Results show that keeping secrets from parents is associated with physical and psychological disadvantages in adolescence. Secrecy, however, was also related to adolescents' emotional autonomy.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Emotional Response, Parent Child Relationship
Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families
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Finkenauer, Catrin; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Branje, Susan J. T.; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2004
The present study developed a theoretical framework for understanding the social mechanisms underlying disclosure and its link with relationship satisfaction in a full family design. A study among 262 intact families, consisting of 2 children and 2 adults and involving 1,048 individuals, applied the social relations model. Results showed that…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Relationship, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Interpersonal Communication