Bidirectional theories of social development have been around for over 40 years (Bell, 1968), yet they have been applied primarily to the study of antisocial development.
This longitudinal study evaluated the bidirectional relationships between children’s prosocial behavior and parental sensitivity.
Previous literature suggests that adolescents' and parents' perceptions of family functioning are typically quite disparate and that perceptual discrepancies increase when a family is under stress.
In order to test levels of agreement between adolescents and their parents, researchers surveyed adolescent–parent dyads from U.S. Army families about their perceptions of family functioning, social support, the adolescent’s frequency of anger, and the adolescent’s concerns.
Beliefs about parents' legitimate authority and adolescents' obligations to disclose to parents and actual disclosure and secrecy in different domains were examined in 276 ethnically diverse, lower middle-class 9th and 12th graders (Ms=14.62 and 17.40 years) and their parents (n=249).
Adolescents and one of their parents were surveyed regarding adolescent secrecy and disclosure to parents. The findings suggest that beliefs about obligations to disclose issues to parents were associated with actual disclosure.
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in war time deployments for military service members. How have young children been affected by single and multiple Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) deployments?
This study investigated how young children have been affected by single and multiple OIF/OEF deployments. Families were surveyed at two separate times assessing child behavior problems, along with individual and family characteristics.
Objective: To characterize the risk of mental health diagnoses among children of US military personnel associated with parental deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Design: Nonrandomized, retrospective cohort study (2003-2006).
Medical record data were used to examine the association between deployment length and mental health diagnoses among children and adolescents of US Army Active Duty personnel who had experienced or not experienced deployment.