Verbanden tussen ouderlijk toezicht, privacyschending en openheid van adolescenten

Abstract

There are several forms of monitoring that parents use to gain information about the lives of their adolescent children. However, recent studies indicate that parental knowledge is mainly determined by adolescent disclosure. In the current study we explore whether there is a relation between three different forms of parental monitoring (parental solicitation, parental control and snooping) and adolescent disclosure or adolescent secrecy and lying. Furthermore, we examine whether privacy invasion is a mediator in this link. Data was collected using questionnaires which were filled in by 84 Dutch adolescents (Mage =15.06). Our results revealed that there is a link between parental monitoring and feelings of privacy invasion, but that privacy invasion is not a mediator in this link. Parental solicitation as a form of parental monitoring is associated with more willingness of the adolescent to disclose and to report less secrecy. These findings suggest that the most effective way for parents to gain information about the lives of their adolescent children is to ask them questions.