title: Parental efficacy, parental monitoring efficacy, and  monitoring among Asian-Indian parents of adolescents living  in Chennai, India.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental efficacy and a new concept entitled parental monitoring efficacy, and to examine the association between parental monitoring efficacy and monitoring. We conducted two studies on two samples of Asian-Indian parents and adolescents living in Chennai, India. In the first study of 241 parents of adolescents in grades, 9-12, we constructed a new measure of parental efficacy that included two factors. The first factor, responding competently to negative adolescent behavior was more strongly predictive of parental monitoring efficacy than the second factor, instilling positive behavior. In the second study of 215 parents and adolescents in grades 10 and 12, parental monitoring efficacy predicted monitoring, especially adolescent disclosure and parental control. The importance of parental control as a monitoring technique among traditional Indian parents was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, 1835 Neil Ave., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. chitra.ranganathan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montemayor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires