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{"title":"From Familiar Faces to New Spaces: Perceived Social Network Change and Its Association With Loneliness During the Transition to University.","authors":"Hannah Rachael Slack, Nicola Byrom, Chloe Bate, Aleksandra Hościłowicz, Sophie Homer, Delia Fuhrmann, Juliet Foster, Sarah Crook, Emily Long","doi":"10.1002/jad.70249","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Loneliness among young people is a growing concern, and life transitions can create significant upheaval in social networks. The scale of these changes and their association with loneliness remains underexplored.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined retrospectively recalled changes in network composition and structure across the transition to university and explored associations with loneliness.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used social network interviews to assess 79 first-year students' networks before and after starting university, measuring loneliness post-transition; 77% of the sample were 18-21 years and 72% were female.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants recalled substantial change in their network (network churn); on average 58% of social connections were gained or lost. Network change was normal and widespread. Networks became larger, less dense, more geographically dispersed, less emotionally close, more heterogeneous in composition, while perceived support remained broadly stable at population level. Greater loneliness was associated with perceived reductions in network support (B = -1.03, SE = 0.48) and greater ethnic heterogeneity within social networks (B = 1.26, SE = 0.41).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights the substantial social restructuring that accompanies the transition to university. Young people reported marked changes in their social networks, characterized by expansion, diversification, and considerable network churn, suggesting that university entry represents a distinctive developmental transition requiring adaptation to new social environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2665-2676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643633/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148680573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Longitudinal Links Between Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles and Chinese Adolescents' Well-Being: Sequential Mediation by Parental Trust and Support and Adolescent Resilience.","authors":"Ying He, Qian Pu, Rui Luo, Yuhan Luo, Yun Wang, Fumei Chen","doi":"10.1002/jad.70232","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Parenting styles are associated with adolescent well-being, yet the mechanisms linking family relational resources and individual traits remain less clear, particularly regarding potential differences between maternal and paternal influences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This longitudinal study included 824 early adolescents from China (M_Age = 12.68 ± 0.43, 53.90% boys), followed across 4 waves over 18 months. Structural equation modeling was used to examine whether perceived parental trust and support (PTS) and adolescent resilience sequentially mediated the associations between parenting styles (emotional warmth, rejection, and overprotection) and adolescent well-being. Multi-group analyses were conducted to explore adolescent gender differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Maternal emotional warmth was positively associated with adolescent well-being by fostering PTS and resilience, whereas maternal rejection and overprotection were indirectly associated with lower adolescent well-being through reduced PTS and the sequential pathway. Crucially, paternal effects were mainly observed in relation to emotional warmth. Multi-group analyses suggested some gender differences, with stronger indirect associations observed among girls for all three parenting styles.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings highlight a sequential pathway linking parenting styles to adolescent well-being through interconnected relational and individual processes and suggest that maternal and paternal parenting, as well as gender differences, should be interpreted with caution. Interventions targeting parent-child relationships may benefit from focusing on enhancing adolescents' perceptions of trust and support.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2515-2530"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental Digital Tracking of Adolescents' School Performance, Location, and Finances: Widespread, Often Accepted, and Linked to Overprotection.","authors":"Savannah Boele, Anne Bülow, Loes Keijsers","doi":"10.1002/jad.70229","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Digital tracking tools are now at parents' fingertips, raising concerns about infringement on adolescents' autonomy, privacy, and well-being. Despite growing concerns about parental digital surveillance, empirical research beyond location tracking remains limited. This study examined parental digital tracking across three key domains: school performance, location, and finances.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a multi-informant, cross-sectional survey study (2024) including 525 Dutch parent-adolescent dyads (adolescents: M_age = 14.1, range = 11-18; 53% female; parents: M_age = 46.7, 81% mothers). A second sample (N = 175 dyads; 2019) tested replication and changes over time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2024, nearly all parents (99.6%) tracked at least one domain. Most adolescents accepted tracking, though location tracking was accepted less. Younger, less educated parents and mothers were tracked more frequently, particularly in school performance. Adolescents following a lower secondary educational track were tracked more frequently. Younger adolescents and boys experienced more frequent school tracking, whereas older adolescents were tracked more frequently in location. Digital tracking was unrelated to adolescent well-being (e.g., anxiety symptoms) but positively associated with parental control- and fear-related factors (e.g., overprotection, dangerous worldviews). School and location tracking increased over the past 5 years, as did adolescents' acceptance of tracking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Parental digital tracking appears a common tool for many parents today, and its frequent use may reflect parental insecurities, with no clear link to adolescent maladjustment. Longitudinal research is needed to examine whether digital tracking reassures parents or reinforces fears, which might undermine parents' - and potentially also adolescents' - well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2478-2490"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148521319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adolescents' Experiences of HIV and Pregnancy Disclosure to Family Caregivers.","authors":"Adam Gilbertson, Bonita J Iritani, Irene Achieng Agot, Frederick S Odongo, Winnie K Luseno","doi":"10.1002/jad.70242","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>HIV and pregnancy rates among Kenyan adolescents are among the highest globally. For both conditions, timely disclosure to family caregivers is critical for engagement in antenatal and prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission care. Unfortunately, adolescents often delay disclosure due to fear of caregivers' responses. We examined disclosure experiences among Kenyan pregnant adolescents living with HIV in 2022 using a qualitative cross-sectional design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted individual interviews with 22 adolescents (15-19 years) and 24 \"dyadic\" interviews with adolescents and adult caregiver (20 years and older) pairs. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and verified. Our US/Kenyan team then conducted a deductive-inductive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Interviewees included 46 adolescents and 24 caregivers. Caregivers of 43 adolescents knew about their HIV status and pregnancies; one adolescent disclosed only HIV; one only pregnancy; one disclosed neither. We identified five disclosure patterns: direct, indirect, mediated, accidental, and caregiver initiated. Pregnancy disclosure was most often caregiver-initiated, followed by mediated, whereas HIV disclosure was primarily mediated, followed by direct and accidental. Caregivers' disclosure responses were generally more supportive than adolescents anticipated. Interviewees suggested that others in similar situations should disclose directly to their caregiver, especially a mother, or with support from a trusted person or healthcare provider.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Disclosure experiences varied. Some disclosures involved strategies to mitigate perceived risks; others occurred without adolescents' consent. Direct and mediated approaches may be preferrable options for adolescent disclosure. These findings may inform the development of interventions to enhance disclosure communication skills in this underserved population.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05383755.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2592-2600"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148663830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Schema-Theoretical Perspective on Identity Development: An Exploratory Study Linking Early (Mal)adaptive Schemas With Identity Dimensions and Statuses.","authors":"Jakke Coenye, Koen Luyckx, Arnoud Arntz, Sandra Verbeken, Lien Goossens, Wim Beyers","doi":"10.1002/jad.70227","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Developing a strong sense of identity is a core developmental task in adolescence and emerging adulthood, yet relatively little is known about the underlying psychological mechanisms that promote or hinder this process. Guided by schema theory, this exploratory study examined how early emotional experiences, reflected in Early Adaptive Schemas and Early Maladaptive Schemas, relate to identity development. Three research questions were addressed: (1) What are the associations between identity dimensions and (mal)adaptive domains? (2) Can meaningful identity statuses be identified based on these dimensions? (3) Do schema domains (cross-sectionally) predict identity status membership?.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A community sample of 711 Flemish emerging adults (68.9% female, M_age = 19.53) completed online questionnaires assessing the study variables. Cluster analysis, linear regression modeling, and multinomial logistic regression were performed to answer the research questions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adaptive and maladaptive schemas significantly predicted all identity dimensions. Out of these dimensions, six identity statuses were identified (achievement, foreclosure, ruminative moratorium, doubting diffusion, troubled diffusion, and an undifferentiated cluster), largely mirroring previous research. Status membership was significantly predicted by adaptive and maladaptive schema domains, except for ruminative moratorium.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results from linear regression modeling and multinomial logistic regression offer preliminary evidence that early emotional experiences, both supportive and frustrating, as measured through adaptive and maladaptive schemas, are meaningfully related to how emerging adults form their identity. Given the study's highly exploratory design, findings should be interpreted with caution, but they point toward the usefulness of schema theory as a theoretical framework within the context of identity development. More research, in particular using a longitudinal design, is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2443-2458"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148714028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethnoracial Discrimination and Subsequent Cognitive Functioning Among Adolescents: A 2-Month Follow-up Study.","authors":"Beiming Yang, Sarah Collier Villaume, Rachael L Ellison, Aubrey Russak-Pribble, Adriana J Umaña-Taylor, Emma K Adam","doi":"10.1002/jad.70278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ethnoracial discrimination is a persistent risk factor for adolescents' developmental problems, yet limited research has examined its prospective association with adolescents' cognitive functioning. The current research employed a two-wave design to investigate whether ethnoracial discrimination predicted subsequent adolescent cognitive functioning and to explore whether these associations differed between White adolescents and adolescents from ethnoracially minoritized backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample consisted of 113 adolescents (mean age = 14.85 years, SD = 0.41 years; 36% boys, 63% girls, 1% non-binary; 35% non-Hispanic White, 65% ethnoracially minoritized) in the Midwestern United States from 2018 to 2020. Using a two-wave follow-up design with assessments 2 months apart, adolescents completed self-report measures of perceived ethnoracial discrimination and executive functioning as well as performance-based cognitive tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher perceived ethnoracial discrimination was associated with greater self-reported executive-functioning problems and worse speeded set-shifting over time, after adjustment for baseline cognitive functioning and demographic covariates. Both associations remained significant after false discovery rate correction. However, interaction and stratified analyses did not provide robust evidence that the associations differed between White adolescents and adolescents from ethnoracially minoritized backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Taken together, the findings highlight the detrimental role of ethnoracial discrimination for adolescent cognition, underscoring the urgency of combating ethnoracial discrimination and supporting adolescents who are impacted by discriminatory environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression During Transition to Early Adolescence and Their Links With Executive Function Difficulties.","authors":"Marija Džida, Andreja Brajša-Žganec, Gordana Keresteš","doi":"10.1002/jad.70246","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Frequency of emotion regulation strategy use undergoes changes during early adolescence. Executive functions are often proposed as foundational for successful emotion regulation, yet longitudinal links between executive functioning and the development of emotion regulation strategies remain underexplored.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The present study included 1532 children from ages 9 to 15 (M_{age_baseline} = 11.03, SD = 1.15, 49.3% male) and 1157 mothers from Croatia. Children reported on their use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, while mothers provided reports of executive functioning difficulties across three-waves over 2 years. Children were divided into four age cohorts. Cohort-sequential latent growth models were used to estimate developmental trajectories of emotion regulation strategies. Additionally, random-intercept cross-lagged panel model was used to explore both within- and between-person associations between emotion regulation strategies and executive functioning difficulties.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Self-reported use of cognitive reappraisal showed a linear decline across all cohorts at similar rates, though a single common trajectory was not fully supported due to intercept differences. Expressive suppression showed more complex results, but it seems to have increased between approximately 11 and 14 years, though this pattern was not consistent across all cohorts and common trajectory also was not supported due to intercept differences. Executive function difficulties did not consistently predict changes in either strategy across cohorts. In the three oldest cohorts, reappraisal was unrelated to EF difficulties, while suppression showed a complex pattern: trait-level suppression was positively associated with shifting, working memory, and inhibition difficulties, and within-level suppression and working memory were bidirectionally negatively linked.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of emotion regulation strategies changes in early adolescence, with reappraisal declining and suppression varying by age, and executive function difficulties showing a complex, strategy-specific relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2638-2649"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148680558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interpersonal Predictors of Youth Internalizing Symptom Trajectories During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Nicole S J Dryburgh, Ryan Miller, Eric Duku, Katherine T Cost, Yun-Ju Claire Chen, Jordan Edwards, Emma Nolan, Katholiki Georgiades","doi":"10.1002/jad.70245","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted youths' interpersonal relationships, posing risks for internalizing distress. Yet, evidence remains limited beyond the early pandemic waves and with changing interpersonal contexts. This study examined trajectories of youth internalizing symptoms across five timepoints of the pandemic and associations with parental support and social interactions (in-person vs. virtual).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were from the population-based COVID-19 Ontario Provincial Assessment and Tracking of Child and Family Health study in Canada. Youth (N = 176; 10-18 years; 51.4% girls, 43.5% boys) participated in up to five waves between January 2021 and December 2022. Linear mixed-effects models were conducted with internalizing symptoms as the outcome and age, gender, parental support, and in-person and virtual social interactions as predictors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Girls (b = 0.21, p = 0.005), gender minority youth (b = 0.60, p < 0.001), and older youth (b = 0.07, p < 0.001) reported greater symptoms; girls showed steeper increases over time (b = 0.01, p = 0.006), reflecting widening gender disparities. Greater baseline parental support was associated with fewer symptoms (b = -0.33, p < 0.001), with a stable effect over time. In-person and virtual interactions were unrelated to symptoms at baseline; however, over time, more frequent in-person interactions were increasingly associated with fewer symptoms (b = -0.01, p = 0.005). Virtual interactions remained unrelated.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Internalizing symptoms increased modestly across the study period, with widening disparities for girls that extended well beyond periods of lockdown. In-person social interactions became increasingly protective, whereas parental support showed a stable protective association. Findings highlight the importance of gender-responsive supports and family relationships during prolonged disruption, and in-person connections as restriction ease.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2628-2637"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643676/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early Adolescents' Reasoning About Secretive Parental Monitoring and Lying: Assessing Covert Strategies for Monitoring Risky Behaviors.","authors":"Matthew Gingo, Katherine E Eskine","doi":"10.1002/jad.70235","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Early adolescence is a period characterized by increased desire for autonomy and increased risk-taking. At times, this combination leads parents to surreptitiously engage in covert monitoring to keep tabs on their adolescents. Whereas substantial research has investigated adolescent information management and lying, little is known about the development of adolescents' reasoning about parents' covert monitoring and lying. Our aim was to better understand these reasoning processes, by examining how they vary with age and as a function of risk assessment and monitoring strategy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using linear mixed-effects models, we analyzed the reasoning of an ethnically diverse US sample of 152 adolescents (10-14-year-olds, 70 female). Through clinical interviews, adolescents evaluated hypothetical vignettes depicting same-aged peers engaged in six forms of risky behavior, and parents who engaged in six forms of covert monitoring, which they lied about.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents broadly rejected covert parental monitoring and lies about their monitoring. However, judgments hinged on both the invasiveness of the monitoring strategy and the type of risk, and shifted with age. Invasive monitoring was rejected more than less invasive strategies, and monitoring was accepting to a greater extent in higher-risk situations.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings show that while adolescents would have preferred open communication and honesty, they did not view parents' monitoring strategies or deception in uniform ways. Adolescents' judgments and justifications provide insight into the ways in which they coordinate and draw priorities among concerns with honesty, privacy, and safety, and parents' legitimate interest and authority over certain behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2542-2557"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148563296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adolescent Reports of Demanding and Responsive Features in Helicopter and Overprotective Parenting: Divergence of Correlations With Indicators of Adjustment.","authors":"Melanie J Zimmer-Gembeck, Katherine M Ryan, Bart Soenens, Grégoire Zimmermann, Stijn Van Petegem","doi":"10.1002/jad.70218","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Research collecting data from parents has found that helicopter parenting (HP) and overprotective parenting (OP) of their adolescents can be reformed to identify two features: demanding and responsive overparenting (Ryan et al. 2024). The correlations of these features with other measures were also found to differ, with demanding overparenting uniquely correlated with parent reports of less positive parenting and poorer youth adjustment and with responsive overparenting correlated with more parent-reported positive parenting. We aimed to determine if these features are also found when parenting is reported by youth and to validate the features by correlating them with youth experiences of positive parenting and youth self-reports of their adjustment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Australian adolescents aged 16-19 years (N = 512; 34% boys, 64% girls, 2% nonbinary) completed surveys to report HP, OP, received parental support, psychological distress, decision-making, and coping efficacy. Data were analyzed with confirmatory factor analysis and partial correlations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Demanding and responsive features of overparenting were confirmed. When controlling for shared variance between the features, demanding overparenting was associated with less but responsive overparenting was associated with more parental support. Demanding overparenting was associated with higher, whereas responsive overparenting was associated with lower, youth psychological distress. Correlations also differed for youth's decision-making and coping.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings are consistent with the idea that measures of intrusive parenting can be differentiated into a more coercive form-referred to as demanding overparenting-from a form that may be in response to tasks and decision-making-referred to as responsive overparenting.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2677-2683"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643658/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148425247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}