How Can Clinicians Improve Parental Monitoring of Adolescents? A Content Review of Manualized Interventions

Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 13

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2024

Parental monitoring of teens' activities is a well-established protective factor targeted in many interventions to reduce problem behavior. However, no paper has compiled the extant recommendations on how clinicians should seek improve parental monitoring-what psychoeducation give parents, what behaviors request and support parents changing behaviors. Drawing from Society for Clinical Child Adolescent Psychology's (SCCAP) lists empirically supported treatments adolescent behaviors, we reviewed contents 16 manualized extracted every mention monitoring, then synthesized organized content. Our review yielded 23 clinicians, which offer as preliminary list evidence-based monitoring. Most manuals contained fraction total (mean = 8.1 out 39) only few included concrete, detailed, in-depth instructions about monitor or implement changes Thus, it may be possible efficacy existing by borrowing content strategies other manuals. Finally, identified four major gaps our that addressed future empirical research. The offered little advice (1) prioritize among recommendations, (2) when (if ever) decrease (3) minimize chances adverse teen reactions (4) teens using technology (e.g., digital location tracking, social media).

Язык: Английский

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Theory for How Parental Monitoring Changes Youth Behavior

Clinical Psychological Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1), С. 18 - 42

Опубликована: Март 28, 2024

Low parental monitoring is a well-established risk factor for and presumed cause of teen problem behavior. However, an integrated theory how changes behavior has not been articulated. We propose model in which can reduce misbehavior via nine mechanisms organized into behavior-management (B), context-control (C), relationship/support-mediated (R) domains (BCR model). Parental increases the expectation actual occurrence punishment enables parent to steer teens’ socialization contexts (peers, nonparent adults, siblings, media) away from those that encourage strengthens teen’s bond parent, disclosure information, receipt social support (R)—all turn misbehavior.

Язык: Английский

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How Much Should We Trust Non-Experimental Studies of Parental Monitoring?

Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2023

What we know about parental monitoring today comes almost entirely from non-experimental studies linking to youth problem behavior. However, designs produce accurate findings only when there is no confounding of the association between and outcome interest. Using data on 11,880 ages 9-15 years old, show much confounding: 57 74 tested potential confounders were significantly associated with both behaviors. Together, explained 54-100% behavior across our analyses. We conclude that poses a major unaddressed threat validity previous monitoring, calling into question science its clinical applications.

Язык: Английский

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Is Parental Monitoring Just A Way to Acquire Knowledge? Re-Evaluating A Re-Conceptualization

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2024

From the 1950s to 1990s, parental monitoring was conceptualized and studied as an independent “socializing mechanism,” driving changes in youth adjustment via several channels. In past two decades, has become re-conceptualized many papers simply one of ways obtain knowledge, with knowledge replacing construct central interest. This paper reviews literature showing that this re-conceptualization is not supported by extant empirical evidence strongly contradicted theory, because may impact plausible do involve acquiring knowledge. As a result, we recommend field change how it conceptualizes vis-a-vis Just realized doesn’t come only from monitoring, now should realize way get More needed determine exactly much effect flows through increased what alternative channels are play.

Язык: Английский

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Digital location tracking of children and adolescents: a review and theoretical model

Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2023

Many parents in the U.S. have begun using GPS-based digital location tracking (DLT) technologies (smartphones, tags, wearables) to track whereabouts of children and adolescents. The paper lays foundation for an emerging science DLT by performing first-ever theoretical analysis review empirical literature on DLT. First, we develop a framework clarify how should be conceptualized measured, it compares historical strategies monitoring youths’ location, mechanisms which might affect youth adjustment. Second, what is known about today, finding that (1) use now common from childhood adulthood, with 33-69% families it; (2) there are sociodemographic differences use; (3) has significant cross-sectional associations other parenting behaviors, family functioning, adjustment; (4) much speculation, but minimal data, new ethical developmental issues arise (e.g., privacy invasions). Third, critique existing evidence base outline priorities future research, emphasizing need longitudinal better measurement, moving beyond convenience samples. We conclude new, common, vastly understudied behavior clinical relevance.

Язык: Английский

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How can clinicians improve parental monitoring of adolescents? A content review of manualized interventions

Опубликована: Сен. 6, 2023

Parental monitoring of teens’ activities is a well-established protective factor targeted in many interventions to reduce problem behavior. However, no paper has compiled the extant recommendations on how clinicians should seek improve parental monitoring—what psychoeducation give parents, what behaviors request and support parents changing behaviors. Drawing from Society for Clinical Child Adolescent Psychology’s (SCCAP) lists empirically supported treatments adolescent behaviors, we reviewed contents 13 manualized extracted every mention monitoring, then synthesized organized content. Our review yielded 21 16 clinicians, which offer as preliminary list evidence-based monitoring. Most manuals contained fraction total (mean = 7.7 out 37) only few included concrete, detailed, in-depth instructions about monitor or implement changes Thus, it may be possible efficacy existing by borrowing content strategies other manuals. Finally, identified four major lacunae our that addressed future empirical research. The offered little advice (1) prioritize among recommendations, (2) when (if ever) decrease (3) minimize chances adverse teen reactions (4) teens using technology (e.g., digital location tracking, social media).

Язык: Английский

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