Black adolescents' disclosure and advice-seeking: Making choices between parents and adult relatives

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI:10.1111/fare.13001

Janelle T. Billingsley, Ariana J. Rivens, Noelle M. Hurd

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Abstract

Objective

This study examined Black adolescents' decision-making processes around disclosure and advice-seeking with their primary caregivers and nonparental adult relatives.

Background

Few studies have examined youths' decision-making in the support process or how multiple dyadic youth–adult familial relationships concurrently function to support youths' needs. Consideration of multiple dyadic relationships facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of how Black adolescents use familial resources to meet their support needs.

Method

Interview data from 24 youth, their primary caregivers, and one nonparental adult relative with whom youth reported having a strong relational bond (n = 72 individuals) were analyzed to investigate who youth were deciding to confide in and what information youth were choosing to share with these adults.

Results

Black adolescents often disclosed and sought advice from their primary caregivers either exclusively or in conjunction with nonparental adult relatives across most domains of disclosure and advice-seeking. Family issues was one topic that youth would almost exclusively discuss with their nonparental adult relatives.

Conclusion

Findings suggest that youths' decision to confide may be topic dependent rather than based on a general disposition among youth for whom they share most of their concerns.

Implications

Understanding youths' disclosure and advice-seeking across multiple close family relationships may inform interventions aimed to promote Black adolescents' support seeking.

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黑人青少年披露信息和寻求建议的情况：在父母和成年亲属之间做出选择

这项研究考察了黑人青少年与他们的主要照顾者和非父母的成年亲属在信息披露和寻求建议方面的决策过程。很少有研究考察青少年在支持过程中的决策过程，也很少有研究考察青少年与成年人之间的多重家庭关系是如何同时满足青少年的需求的。我们分析了来自 24 名青少年、他们的主要照顾者和一名非父母的成年亲属（n = 72 人）的访谈数据，以调查青少年决定向谁倾诉以及选择与这些成年人分享哪些信息。在大多数信息披露和寻求建议的领域中，黑人青少年经常向其主要照顾者单独或与非父母的成年亲属一起披露信息和寻求建议。研究结果表明，青少年决定是否倾诉可能取决于话题，而不是基于他们与之分享大部分关切的青少年的普遍倾向。了解青少年在多种亲密家庭关系中的倾诉和寻求建议的情况，可以为旨在促进黑人青少年寻求支持的干预措施提供参考。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.