TY - JOUR
T1 - Discordance in Parents’ and Adolescents’ Reports of Parenting
T2 - A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Review
AU - Hou, Yang
AU - Benner, Aprile D.
AU - Kim, Su Yeong
AU - Chen, Shanting
AU - Spitz, Shiri
AU - Shi, Yi
AU - Beretvas, Tasha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Psychological Association.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Parents and adolescents often provide discordant reports on parenting. Prior studies are inconsistent regarding the extent, predictors, and consequences of such discordance. The current study aimed to robustly estimate the extent, potential moderators, and consequences of discordance between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting by (a) meta-analyzing a large number of studies involving both parent- and adolescent-reported parenting (n = 313) and (b) qualitatively summarizing the main methods and findings in studies examining how parentadolescent discordance in reports of parenting relates to adolescent outcomes (n = 36). The meta-analysis demonstrated a small yet statistically significant correlation between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting (r =.276; 95% confidence interval [CI:.262,.290]); parents perceived parenting more positively than did adolescents, with a small but statistically significant mean-level difference (g =.242; 95% CI [.188,.296]). The levels of parent-adolescent discordance were higher for younger (vs. older) and male (vs. female) adolescents; for nonclinical parents (vs. parents with internalizing symptoms); in more individualistic societies such as the United States; and in ethnic minority (vs. White), low (vs. high) socioeconomic status, and nonintact (vs. intact) families among U.S. samples. The qualitative review highlighted current methodological approaches, main findings, and limitations and strengths of each approach. Together, the two components of the current study have important implications for research and clinical practice, including areas of inquiry for future studies and how researchers and clinicians should handle informant discordance.
AB - Parents and adolescents often provide discordant reports on parenting. Prior studies are inconsistent regarding the extent, predictors, and consequences of such discordance. The current study aimed to robustly estimate the extent, potential moderators, and consequences of discordance between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting by (a) meta-analyzing a large number of studies involving both parent- and adolescent-reported parenting (n = 313) and (b) qualitatively summarizing the main methods and findings in studies examining how parentadolescent discordance in reports of parenting relates to adolescent outcomes (n = 36). The meta-analysis demonstrated a small yet statistically significant correlation between parent- and adolescent-reported parenting (r =.276; 95% confidence interval [CI:.262,.290]); parents perceived parenting more positively than did adolescents, with a small but statistically significant mean-level difference (g =.242; 95% CI [.188,.296]). The levels of parent-adolescent discordance were higher for younger (vs. older) and male (vs. female) adolescents; for nonclinical parents (vs. parents with internalizing symptoms); in more individualistic societies such as the United States; and in ethnic minority (vs. White), low (vs. high) socioeconomic status, and nonintact (vs. intact) families among U.S. samples. The qualitative review highlighted current methodological approaches, main findings, and limitations and strengths of each approach. Together, the two components of the current study have important implications for research and clinical practice, including areas of inquiry for future studies and how researchers and clinicians should handle informant discordance.
KW - adolescent
KW - adolescent adjustment
KW - informant discrepancy
KW - parent
KW - parenting
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U2 - 10.1037/amp0000463
DO - 10.1037/amp0000463
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31192619
AN - SCOPUS:85067094028
SN - 0003-066X
VL - 75
SP - 329
EP - 348
JO - American Psychologist
JF - American Psychologist
IS - 3
ER -