An international perspective on parenting and family influences on adolescents and young adults.

Abstract

Parents and their adolescent and young adult offspring observe and participate in parent–offspring interactions in their communities and hold expectations about their own relationships derived in part from culturally shaped expectations. Differences between cultural groups may arise in the forms or functions of parenting, in mean levels of particular parenting behaviors, or in ways in which parenting is related to particular developmental outcomes for adolescents and young adults. Providing protection, warmth and support, and behavioral control are among the key responsibilities of parents during adolescence and early adulthood. In this developmental period, preparation and training for competencies and adult responsibilities is also a salient parenting goal. Despite sharing commonalities with developmental research in general, a number of additional methodological considerations with implications for future research are introduced by international approaches. Some of the most frequent concerns involve the use of parent and youth reports and incorporating emic and etic perspectives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)