作者
Laura Wray‐Lake, Ann C Crouter, Susan M McHale
发表日期
2010/3/1
期刊
Child development
卷号
81
期号
2
页码范围
636-651
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
简介
Longitudinal patterns in parents’ reports of youth decision‐making autonomy from ages 9 to 20 were examined in a study of 201 European American families with 2 offspring. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that decision‐making autonomy increased gradually across middle childhood and adolescence before rising sharply in late adolescence. Social domain theory was supported by analyses of 8 decision types spanning prudential, conventional, personal, and multifaceted domains. Decision making was higher for girls, youth whom parents perceived as easier to supervise, and youth with better educated parents. Firstborns and secondborns had different age‐related trajectories of decision‐making autonomy. Findings shed light on the developmental trajectories and family processes associated with adolescents’ fundamental task of gaining autonomy.
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