Inadequate parental monitoring is widely recognized as a risk factor for the development of
child and adolescent conduct problems. However, previous studies examining parental …

Drawing energy from a debate about the efficacy of parental monitoring, research over the
first decade of the 21st century has traced numerous ways in which parenting practices and …

Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can
lies be detected? Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of …

Adolescence is a developmental period with a reputation. Much like toddlerhood, it is often
described as a period of vehement conflicts with parents, emotional upheaval, and irrational …

The aim of this chapter is to specify the characteristics and processes of parent-child
relationships that sustain the centrality of the family amid the extensive changes of …

Simplistic presentations of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory focus on its attention
to context. Although this accurately represents the first phase of Bronfenbrenner's work, it is …

This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents' social development in the
context of the family. Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author's …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

In this chapter, we address a dynamic that lies inextricably at the core of most family systems
around the world—that of the coparenting collaboration operative between the important …

This two‐wave multi‐informant study examined the bidirectional associations of parental
control and solicitation with adolescent disclosure and delinquency. Participants were 289 …