Chilean adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority: Individual and age-related differences

Cumsille, P; Darling, N; Flaherty, BP; Martinez, ML

Abstract

Individual and age-related differences in the patterning of adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority were examined in a sample of 3425 Chilean adolescents (M age = 15.0). During early, middle, and late adolescence, three analogous patterns of beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority were identified using latent class analysis (LCA). Youth in the Parental Control class ceded parents legitimate control over issues in the multi-faceted and prudential domains and were relatively likely to cede parental control over the personal domain. Those in the Shared Control class differentiated the prudential from other domains. Those in the Personal Control class denied parents legitimate authority over issues in all domains. Within analogous classes, younger adolescents were more likely to grant parents legitimate authority than older adolescents. Results are consistent with prior research documenting age-related differences, but raise important questions about the normative nature of age-related change in legitimacy beliefs. The advantages of studying sub-groups and variability in the patterning of legitimacy beliefs are discussed. © 2006 The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.

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Título según WOS: Chilean adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority: Individual and age-related differences
Título según SCOPUS: Chilean adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority: Individual and age-related differences
Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
Volumen: 30
Número: 2
Editorial: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2006
Página de inicio: 97
Página final: 106
Idioma: English
URL: http://jbd.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/0165025406063554
DOI:

10.1177/0165025406063554

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS