Question

As a school-age child, Chloe enjoyed leisure activities with her parents. Now, as a 14-year-old, she spends hours in her room and resists going on weekend family excursions. Explain Chloe’s behavior.How might adolescent moodiness contribute to psychological distancing between parents and adolescents?

(Hint: Think about bidirectional influences in parent–child relationships.)

Answer 1

Children's disruptive behavior (CDB)

Step-by-step explanation:

Careful evidence suggests that children's disruptive behaviour (CDB) and quality of parenting influence one another bidirectionally. So it can be considered that separate contribution of the mother–child and father–child relationships to disruptive behaviours within a longitudinal context. Against this background, the reciprocal influence between CDB and five dimensions of maternal and paternal parenting was examined from kindergarten through grade 2 in a community sample of 644 children. Differences and similarities emerged in the direction of effects linking maternal and paternal parenting and CDB. At Chloe's infant stage, a reciprocal parent–child influence was evident for mothers only. However, as children grew older, a unidirectional effect from CDB to parenting was noted for both fathers and mothers.