Developmental commentary: ecological perspectives on parental influences during adolescence.
Adolescence is marked by change and renegotiation in almost every arena -- biological, social, and cognitive development; identity development; changes in peer relations and friendships; a renegotiation of family relationships, especially the parent-adolescent relationship; and school transitions. Further, for African Americans, adolescence is also marked by the exploration of ethnic or racial identity, which is shaped by parents' ethnic socialization and interactions with an increasingly diverse peer group. This article provides a developmental, cultural, and contextual framework for understanding changes in parenting and parental influences vis-a-vis peers. The normative developmental changes in adolescent outcomes, parenting, and parent-adolescent relationships are discussed as they are shaped by neighborhood characteristics, family-level socioeconomic status, and ethnicity and are related to mental health and developmental outcomes across late childhood through adolescence.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0085, USA. nancy@duke.edu
Nancy E
NE
Hill
Lea
L
Bromell
Diana F
DF
Tyson
Roxanne
R
Flint
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D001741:Black or African American