Ch. 10 Parenting Adolescents Flashcards

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Galinsky (1981) Stages of Development (for Parents of Adolescents)

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Stage 5: Parents renegotiate their relationship with their adolescent children to allow for sharing power in decision-making

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Which stage has more Parent Trajectories?

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Adolescence

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Definition: adolescere

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“to grow up, come to maturity, ripen”

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Definition: adultus

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past tense, “grown up”

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What is Adolescence? Stanley Hall (1904)

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  • Puberty - 25
  • “storm and stress”
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Stanley Hall (1904) descriptors of Adolescents

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  1. conflict with parents
  2. mood disruptions
  3. risk behaviors
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Adolescents (Blakemore, 2012)

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Puberty to “attain a stable, independent role in society”

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Puberty Onset?

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(Biological) to “attain a stable, independent role in society” (Social)

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Physical and Hormonal Changes

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Significance of puberty and timing onset

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Girls Puberty Development

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  • Normal Age of Onset: 8-13
    ○ Adrenarche (6-10)
    ○ Godadarche (9-10)
    ○ Thelarche (8-11)
    ○ Pubarche (12)
    ○ Menarche (10-16)
  • Growth Spurt – 11.5 to 16.5
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Boys Puberty Development

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  • Normal Age of Onset: 9-14
    ○ Adrenarche (6-10)
    ○ Godadarche (9-10)
    ○ Pubarche (M = 12)
    ○ Spermarche (10-14)
  • Growth Spurt – M = 13.5
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Adrenarche (6-10)

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Not seen out outwardly, but body is getting ready for changes

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Godadarche (9-10)

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Changes in reproductive organs

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Thelarche (8-11)

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Breast development
□ Can effect father and daughter relationship. More distant

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Pubarche (12)

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Appearance of secondary sex chrematistics

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16
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Menarche (10-16)

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First menstruation

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17
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Spermarche (10-14)?

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18
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Research in Menarche

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The age of Menarche is decreasing

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19
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Higher SES has ____ ranges of menarche

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Lower

20
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Lower SES has ____ laborism activities

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More

21
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Pubertal Timing and Parental Relations

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Both early and late onset (compared to peers) Increased depression
- Mostly for girls in early onset
- Mostly for boys in late-onset

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Both early and late onset (compared to peers)

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○ Perceived parental rejection
○ Interaction with parents’ marital satisfaction
○ Quality of parental relations in childhood

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Adolescent Nonspecific-

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referring to brain development that begins in early childhood and continues relatively evenly through young adulthood

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Adolescent Emergent

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brain development that happens at adolescence and levels off

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Adolescents Specific

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where brain development peaks at adolescence and then drops off

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“Explosive” neurological changes

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○ Increase in white matter in two locations (prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe)
○ Decrease in grey matter

27
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Increase in Executive Function…

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the capacity to control and coordinate thoughts and behavior

28
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Cognitive abilities improve:

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○ Abstract thought (Piaget Formal Operational Stage)
○ Multidimensional
○ Relativistic

29
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Social Changes in Adolescents

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  • Much of elective time spent with peers
  • Emotional distance from parents
  • Group Socialization Theory
30
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Peers are more influential than parents is connected to what theory?

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Child Effect model

31
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Parenting influenced by adolescents’ behavior is connected to what theory?

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Ecological systems

32
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Why do adolescents take greater risks?

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  • Limbic System (dopamine at highest)
  • Pre-frontal cortex (still developing – synaptic pruning)
33
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“Peer Effect” Study

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Teens are more likely to drive riskt when another teen passenger is in the car

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Peer Effect

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when adolescents engage in risky behavior in presence of peers when normally they would not take the risks

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Problems For Adolescents

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  • Mental Health Problems
  • Different developmental pathways to violence and delinquency
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Authority conflict pathway

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When an adolescent is disobedient and defiant to figures of authority

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Overt aggression pathway

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One type of aggressive adolescent pattern of behavior that begins with minor aggressive acts and then escalates into serious violence

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Covert aggression pathway

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One pathway of adolescent aggression that begins with minor dishonesty but escalates into more serious acts such as theft.

39
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Increase in “Hypervigilance”

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○ Associated with social media
○ Cancel culture
○ Call-out culture

40
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How Parents Help Teens Navigate Adolescence

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  • Balance of oversight & control with encouraging independence and responsibility
41
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Authoritative parenting linked to:

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○ Psychosocial maturity
○ Better grades
○ Fewer behavior problems

42
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Multi-domain parenting:

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  1. Emotional (due to highly developed limbic system and underdeveloped prefrontal cortex)
  2. Mental (identity formation – Imago Dei)
  3. Relational (ongoing need for attachment and communication)
  4. Spiritual (addresses the potential impact of shame
43
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Four Key Parenting Ingredients

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  1. Staying connected
  2. Maintaining open communications
  3. Monitoring/Knowledge about Teen
  4. Appropriate Control Techniques
44
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Other Ways Parents Influence Teens

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  • Clearly communicating disapproval
  • Engaging in strict discipline
  • Modeling
  • Encouraging
  • Indirect influence
45
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Limits on Parental Influence

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Parents are just one potential influence

46
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Other influences include

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○ Characteristics of teenager (temperament, IQ)
○ Circumstances (peer group, neighborhood)
○ Genetic susceptibility
○ Exposure to experiences

47
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Other protective factors

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○ Encouraging
○ Extra-curricular activities and religion