title: Parental monitoring and the prevention of child and adolescent problem behavior: a conceptual and empirical formulation.
abstract: The present report accomplishes three goals. First, to provide an empirical rationale for placing parental monitoring of children's adaptations as a key construct in development and prevention research. Second, to stimulate more research on parental monitoring and provide an integrative framework for various research traditions as well as developmental periods of interest. Third, to discuss current methodological issues that are developmentally and culturally sensitive and based on sound measurement. Possible intervention and prevention strategies that specifically target parental monitoring are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Social Learning Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97401, USA. tomd@oslc.org
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dishion
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010379:Peer Group; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control