Open AccessTowards a Concept of Parental Authority in Adolescence
Author(s) -
Metka Kuhar,
Herwig Reiter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ceps journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2232-2647
pISSN - 1855-9719
DOI - 10.26529/cepsj.243
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , psychology , product (mathematics) , local authority , social psychology , outcome (game theory) , developmental psychology , political science , computer science , geometry , mathematics , mathematical economics , public administration , artificial intelligence
The notion of authority is common in the literature on parent-child relationships. However, the notion of ‘parental authority’ remains largely unspecified. The present article first critically reviews conceptualisations of parental authority in selected developmental-psychological approaches. We find the absence of an explicit and integrated theoretical and empirical conceptualisation of parental authority, as well as a certain lack of consistency in the application of the concept. Against the background of this review, we suggest initial steps towards a concept of parental authority as relational, dynamic and co-constituted in the sense of a joint product and outcome of family relationships.