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Starting from the core systemic premise that humans influence each other, this paper focuses on child influences in the bidirectional parent–child relationship. Following a co-constructionist approach on bidirectionality, meaning constructions of children and their parents concerning child influences are explored. The authors used in-depth intervie...
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... the same time, the questions asked of the parents and the children should be complementary, because the objective of the analysis was to compare the children's and parents' data. Consequently, and after rigorous discussion, the following questions were constructed ( Table 1). The objective of the first set of with someone about this subject? ...
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Objectives
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Methods
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... Non-compliance is therefore not necessarily dysfunctional and may assume different meanings within the interdependent relationship between parents and their children (Barni et al., 2013a). According to a cognitive-dialectical framework, adolescents tend to accommodate their parents by searching for a synthesis between their own perspectives and their need to keep a good relationship with their parents (De Mol & Buysse, 2008). ...
The process of value transmission between parents and children is unanimously considered the hallmark of successful socialization. The outcomes of value transmission have been often solely measured in terms of parent–child value similarity, thus assuming that the higher is the parent–child value similarity, the more successful is the value transmission. The present study highlighted the dialectical nature of the intergenerational transmission of values and aimed at developing a different perspective on this process by introducing the concept of value “continuity.” This term etymologically means “hang together” and entails a flow and a progression across generations. The study involved 325 Italian mother–adolescent dyads, who were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire. Results showed the importance of considering children’s autonomous motivations in accepting or rejecting their parents’ values to find more comprehensive meanings of parent–child value similarities and differences. Implications of the findings and future research developments are discussed.
... This research has demonstrated that adolescents' as well as parents' emotional behaviors during interactions play an important role in predicting adolescents' emotions, mental health symptoms, and overall well-being (Lougheed et al., 2016;Schwartz et al., 2012;Sheeber et al., 2012;Turpyn & Chaplin, 2016; see also Eisenberg et al., 1998). A smaller set of studies has also demonstrated the reverse, such that adolescents' emotional behaviors can predict their parents' mental health symptoms and overall functioning (e.g., Allen et al., 2010;De Mol & Buysse, 2008). ...
... Finally, previous studies of adolescent-parent interactions have provided important insights into how parents' emotion expressions are linked with adolescents' mental health (Klimes-Dougan et al., 2007;Lougheed et al., 2016;Main et al., 2016;Schwartz et al., 2012), as well as how adolescents' emotion expressions are linked with parents' mental health (Allen et al., 2010;De Mol & Buysse, 2008). Yet, these two pathways have rarely been examined simultaneously. ...
Parent–child relationships are hotbeds of emotion and play a key role in mental health. The present proof-of-concept study examined facial expressions of emotion during adolescent–parent interactions and links with internalizing mental health symptoms. Neutral, negative, and positive facial expressions were objectively measured in 28 parent–adolescent dyads during three 10-min dyadic interactions. Internalizing mental health symptoms were measured using anxiety and depressive symptom questionnaires. Data were analyzed using actor–partner interdependence modeling. Results revealed that higher levels of (a) adolescents’ neutral facial expressions as well as (b) parents’ negative facial expressions were associated with higher levels of adolescents’ mental health symptoms. Findings did not support a robust link between (c) positive expressions and mental health symptoms. Together, these results demonstrate the utility of facial expressions of emotion during parent–child interactions as behavioral correlates of adolescents’ internalizing mental health symptoms, highlight the need for replication with larger samples, and suggest directions for future research.
... Third, this study contributes methodologically to the literature on intergenerational value transmission. Earlier studies have discussed the influence of children on parents' values and behavior [62][63][64]. However, rigorous direct evidence is still scarce given the difficulties in identifying the effects [34,65]. ...
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... Understanding variability in parents' actual academic skills is important since such skills play important roles in their children's development (e.g., Dulay et al., 2019a;Cheung et al., 2020). Moreover, there is a bidirectional association between parents and children that is recognized but underexplored (e.g., De Mol and Buysse, 2008). The correlates of academic skills may change across the lifespan. ...
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... Aussi, il est connu qu'il existe une co-création par les enfants de leur propre éducation, bien qu'ils ne se sentent toujours pas à même d'influencer leurs parents (De Mol et Buysse, 2008a). Pour cause, l'adolescent, doué de son inhérente agentivité, s'auto-organise, s'autorégule et change indépendamment des forces extérieures, ou sans instructions et directives explicites de l'entourage (Kuczynski et De Mol, 2015). ...
... Comme l'affirmaient De Mol et Buysse (2008a, 2008b, que l'action des adolescents soit guidée par des règles fixées à l'avance ou négociées en situation, dans la construction du partenariat avec les parents, l'imbrication du fonctionnement humain et de la culture, est une dimension fondamentale universelle de l'influence des adolescents. L'objectif de cette étude transculturelle était d'examiner, dans les deux contextes socioculturels (en Belgique et au Togo) où les marges de manoeuvre des adolescents vis-à-vis de leurs parents diffèrent, les expériences vécues des adolescents qui consomment des substances de leurs influences sur leurs parents. ...
... indispensables à l'exercice de leur autorité parentale est un bon révélateur de l'influence du jeune qui, lui aussi, tente de faire valoir son identité. Selon De Mol et Buysse (2008a), cette négociation n'est pas forcément intentionnelle, car les gens ne possèdent pas leur influence sur autrui et puisqu'elle dépend de la signification de leurs effets pour l'autre. Les adolescents se rendent compte ainsi de l'écart qui existe entre leurs intentions et les effets réels qu'ils engendrent. ...
Cette étude examine l’influence des adolescents sur leurs parents, dans les contextes socioculturels d’Afrique Subsaharienne (Togo) et d’Europe Occidentale (Belgique). À travers une démarche qualitative inductive, les données d’entretiens semi-directifs avec des adolescents qui consomment des substances psychoactives ont fait l’objet d’une analyse phénoménologique interprétative. Les résultats montrent une bidirectionnalité de cette influence et les thèmes qui émergent renvoient à la préoccupation sur les résultats scolaires, sur la consommation de substances, et sur les besoins matériels et affectifs des adolescents. L’étude a montré que les significations culturelles associées à la relation parent-adolescent et à la consommation de substances impriment l'agentivité de l’adolescent. Elle a permis de mieux comprendre l’adolescent comme un partenaire actif du processus de construction de son identité, au même titre que les parents, et permet de modifier bien d’idées reçues à propos des adolescents qui consomment des substances psychoactives.
... Le guide d'interview, dont certaines questions sont reprises dans le Tableau 1, a été élaboré à partir et autour de la problématique de l'influence de l'adolescent. Il s'est inspiré aussi d'une étude antérieure (De Mol & Buysse, 2008) sur le phénomène d'influence des enfants sur les parents et comprend trois parties. La première partie est introductive de l'entretien et invitait le participant à parler de la place occupée par la substance dans le quotidien du jeune ou dans la famille, des principales raisons de la consommation et d'éventuels troubles psychiatriques induits. ...
Résumé
Cette étude aborde le thème de l’influence des adolescents sur les parents, dans une perspective transculturelle considérant les contextes socioculturels de Belgique et du Togo. La question de recherche est : « Comment des parents vivent-ils l’influence de leur adolescent qui consomme des substances psychoactives ? ». À travers une démarche qualitative inductive, cette étude a mis en évidence, non pas l’incidence de ce phénomène, mais son existence et son sens, au moyen de l’analyse phénoménologique interprétative des récits de six participants. Les résultats montrent que là où un participant peut invoquer le caractère difficile de l’adolescent pour expliquer « son échec éducatif », un autre peut suspecter, en plus, l’intervention de forces mystiques pour le justifier. Ils suggèrent que l’influence de l’adolescent qui consomme des substances a des significations essentiellement négatives et qu’elle est un puissant déterminant du vécu des parents et de leurs pratiques éducatives dont il faut tenir compte en psychothérapie.
... Within families, research has overwhelmingly focused on the way that parental characteristics impact adolescent outcomes, suggesting a one-way mechanism of influence. However, in adolescence, the parent-child relationship changes from clearly hierarchical to more egalitarian [32,33] and family norms are co-constructed between parent and child [34]. As such, it is likely that daughter characteristics, including their anti-fat attitudes, may also influence their mother's eating behavior. ...
PurposeThis study examined the association between anti-fat attitudes (fear of fat, dislike of fat, willpower) and dietary restraint within the mother–daughter relationship.Methods
Mother–adolescent daughter dyads (Npairs = 100) were recruited from a Midwestern community to participate in a study together. They completed self-report measures of anti-fat attitudes and eating behavior. Data were analyzed with an Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).ResultsSignificant actor effects for mothers include fear of fat (b = 0.270, B = 0.319, p < 0.05) and willpower (b = 0.228, B = 0.280, p < 0.05) predicting her own dietary restraint. For daughters, fear of fat (b = 0.554, B = 0.612, p < 0.05) and dislike (b = 0.202, B = 0.214, p < 0.05) predict her own dietary restraint. Regarding partner effects, mothers’ fear of fat was related to daughters’ dietary restraint (b = 0.126, B = 0.138, p < 0.05), and daughters’ dislike was related to mothers’ restraint (b = 0.257, B = 0.294, p < 0.05). Regarding dyad-level interaction effects, mother and daughter fear of fat interacted to predict daughter dietary restraint (b = 0.184, B = 0.201, p < 0.05), such that when both mother and daughter fear of fat is high, daughters appear to engage in more dietary restraint.Conclusions
Given the role of mothers’ fear of fat in daughter eating behavior, parent-focused or parent-involved interventions may improve family culture around weight and eating, contributing to better adolescent outcomes.Level of evidenceV, cross-sectional descriptive study.
... Mothers in this study appreciated the opportunity of interacting with their preschoolers throughout the intervention activities. Given the bidirectional influence between children and parents (De Mol & Buysse, 2008;Pettit & Arsiwalla, 2008), interventions should focus on not only the influence from parents to children but also the influence from children to parents. Evidence shows that children's lifestyle behaviors and weight status can significantly influence their parents' parenting practices (Afonso et al., 2016). ...
This study aimed to examine low-income mothers’ perceived facilitators for and barriers to participating in a lifestyle intervention. A phenomenography approach was used to individually interview 14 mothers from Midwestern U.S. The data were analyzed using content analysis. Drawing on the socio-ecological model, mothers’ perceived facilitators included (a) intrapersonal factors including providing helpful information, being accommodating, motivating, and novel; (b) interpersonal factors, including two-way communication between mothers and preschoolers, social connectedness among mothers, and a positive relationship between mothers and researchers; and (c) environmental factors, including kid-friendly, and pleasant and comfortable intervention sites. Mothers’ reported barriers were intrapersonal factors including (a) use of technology due to unreliable Wi-Fi access and unfamiliarity of electronic device, (b) being “busy moms” due to busy schedules and stressful daily lives, and (c) lack of reliable transportation. Future interventions to reduce early childhood obesity among low-income families should consider these identified facilitators and barriers.
... The idea that parents have or should have more influence than children is part of the social construction of parenthood (Kuczynski, Lollis, & Koguchi, 2003). For example, during their in-depth interviews, De Mol and Buysse (2008) reported that some parents became angry when talking about child influences because they confused influence with power and insisted that their children were not in charge. Similarly, some parents in our study may have interpreted "influence" as the ability to control or restrict children's use of media rather than seeing it as guidance or as transmission of expertise. ...
Media researchers have studied how parents and children influence and guide each other’s media use. Although parent and child socialization and influence are thought to be bidirectional, they are usually studied separately, with an emphasis on parental socialization, influence, and guidance of the child’s media use. In this article, we present results from a study that investigates perceived bidirectional digital media socialization between parents and children from the same household (N = 204 parent-child dyads). This study simultaneously tested parent-to-child and child-to-parent influence using the actor-partner interdependence model to examine the association between perceived Internet self-efficacy and perceived digital media influence. Although the results showed significant cross-sectional actor and partner effects for Internet self-efficacy and perceived digital media influence, these effects largely disappeared in a longitudinal setting.
