Foreldrerelasjoner målt med PBI, mental helse og atferdsavvik hos ungdom

The role of perceived parental socialization practices in school adjustment among Norwegian upper secondary school students

BACKGROUND

Lack of adjustment or school failure is a concern to educators, educational and school psychologists as well as parents, but few studies have focused on school adjustment during late adolescence. Moreover, studies have yet to explore associations between parenting and school adjustment among upper secondary school students.

AIM

The primary objective of this study is to explore the relative and unique influence of parental support, behavioural control and psychological control (overprotection and autonomy granting) in school adjustment among upper secondary school students.

SAMPLE

The sample consisted of 564 students (15-18 years of age) in vocational and general educational courses from one upper secondary school in western Norway.

METHOD

The study was conducted as a survey. All data were based on adolescent reports, except for absence data, which were provided by the school.

RESULTS

The results showed that perceived parental practices accounted for moderate, but statistically significant amounts of variance in different aspects of school adjustment.

CONCLUSIONS

The findings indicate that perceived parental socialization practices are only moderately associated with school adjustment among upper secondary school students. This probably reflects the fact that the influence of specific parenting practices declines as children and young adolescents mature into late adolescent students.

Health-related quality of life and metabolic control in adolescents with diabetes: the role of parental care, control, and involvement

This questionnaire-based study explored the role of parenting in health-related quality of life in a population of 115 adolescents with type 1 diabetes (aged 11-18 years, 48% girls). Healthy adolescents (n = 9,345) and physically disabled adolescents (n = 291) were included as controls. The adolescents with diabetes reported their parents as being more controlling and involved than did adolescents in the 2 other groups. In multiple regression analyses, age, gender, and a higher degree of parental care and involvement explained 46% of the variation in mental health. Age, gender, a higher degree of parental care and involvement, and a lower perception of parental control explained 52% of the variation in diabetes life-satisfaction. Neither glycosylated hemoglobin nor the other clinical variables studied were significantly related to the perception of health-related quality of life. Family support should be provided to facilitate coping with everyday management and demands of diabetes.