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Rote, Wendy M.; Smetana, Judith G.; Feliscar, Lovia – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Parent-adolescent relationships are related to adolescents' disclosure and concealment, but these associations may represent between-family differences (e.g., families with more negative interactions have adolescents who disclose less) or within-family processes (e.g., when a family has more negative interactions, their adolescent discloses less).…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Mothers, Family Environment
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Noh, Jee Young; Jambon, Marc; Smetana, Judith G.; Lee, In Jae; Killen, Melanie – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2020
Children's evaluations of necessary harm (acts intended to prevent a greater harm) and how "maternal disapproval" and "peer relationship" play roles in this context were examined. A total of 120 children at 6, 9, and 12 years of age evaluated scenarios depicting prototypic and necessary (physical or verbal) harm. When a mother…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Victims, Peer Relationship, Parent Attitudes
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Rote, Wendy M.; Smetana, Judith G. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
In line with increasing calls for within-family analyses of monitoring processes, this study examined profiles of (combined) adolescent information management strategies and parent knowledge-gathering strategies among 174 families with middle adolescents (M[subscript age] = 15.7 years; 164 mother-teen and 112 father-teen dyads). Three…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Mothers, Fathers
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Ball, Courtney L.; Smetana, Judith G.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Suor, Jennifer H.; Skibo, Michael A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Associations among moral judgments, neighborhood risk, and maternal discipline were examined in 118 socioeconomically diverse preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 41.84 months, SD = 1.42). Children rated the severity and punishment deserved for 6 prototypical moral transgressions entailing physical and psychological harm and unfairness. They also…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Preschool Children, Discipline, Decision Making
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Rote, Wendy M.; Smetana, Judith G. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Parental induction of empathy-related guilt plays an important role in children's moral development. However, guilt induction can also be psychologically controlling and detrimental for youth adjustment. This study provided a more nuanced view of parental guilt induction by examining how the nature of a child's misdeed and the structure and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Moral Development