Explanation of normative declines in parents' knowledge about their adolescent children
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Explanation of normative declines in parents' knowledge about their adolescent children.
This study aimed to explain why parental knowledge of adolescents' whereabouts declines with age. Such an investigation is important because previous studies have established an association between behavior problems and low levels of parental knowledge. A time-sequential sample comprising 2415 adolescents aged 13-18 years was investigated on five annual occasions. Each year, parental knowledge ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Adolescence
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0140-1971
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.08.002