Being Mum's Confidant, a Boon or Bane? Examining Gender Differences in the Association of Maternal Disclosure with Adolescents' Depressive Feelings

Autor/inn/en	Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Anna; Finkenauer, Catrin; van de Vorst, Haske; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.
Titel	Being Mum's Confidant, a Boon or Bane? Examining Gender Differences in the Association of Maternal Disclosure with Adolescents' Depressive Feelings
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 4, S.449-459 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9661-7
Schlagwörter	Daughters; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Social Networks; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Correlation; Mothers; Parent Influence; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Sons; Longitudinal Studies; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Daughter; Tochter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Mother; Mutter; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Son; Sohn; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	This article reports on a longitudinal study investigating gender differences in the association between maternal disclosure and adolescents' depressive symptoms. Little research has examined the relationship of parental disclosure to adolescents' depressive symptoms and research on sex differences is particularly lacking. In a sample of 428 families with a mean age of 13.36 (52% female) of the target adolescents, maternal and children's disclosure and depressive symptoms were assessed twice with an interval of 4 years. Controlling for the quality of the parent-child relationship and levels of maternal depressive symptoms, the analyses revealed an interaction effect for child's gender, moderating the effect of maternal disclosure on adolescents' depressive symptoms. Higher levels of maternal disclosure were accompanied by lower levels of depressive symptoms in girls and higher levels of depressive symptoms in boys. Gender differences in socialization, communication, individuation and social networks might explain why daughters and sons are differently affected by maternal disclosure. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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