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Heterogeneity and Change in the Patterning of Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Parental Authority: A Latent Transition Model
Author(s) -
Cumsille Patricio,
Darling Nancy,
Flaherty Brian,
Loreto Martínez María
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01269.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , legitimacy , developmental psychology , transition (genetics) , parental control , control (management) , social psychology , parenting styles , biochemistry , chemistry , management , neuroscience , politics , political science , law , economics , gene
Changes in the patterning of adolescents’ beliefs about the legitimate domains of parental authority were modeled in 2,611 Chilean adolescents, 11–16 years old. Transitions in adolescents’ belief patterns were studied over 3 years. Latent transition analysis (LTA) revealed 3 distinct patterns of beliefs— parent control , shared control , and personal control— that differed in the extent to which adolescents believed that parents had legitimate authority over personal, prudential, and multidomain issues. Younger adolescents with fewer problem behaviors, higher self‐efficacy, and more parental rules were more likely to espouse the parent control belief pattern. Adolescents’ patterning of beliefs was relatively stable over time. Older adolescents with more problem behaviors and fewer parental rules were most likely to move away from the parental control status.