Abstract
Lack of parental support is related to more adolescent negative mood. However, little is known about how fluctuations of parental support relate to fluctuations of negative mood within adolescents in daily life. The current study aimed to elucidate these processes at a day to day micro-level and examined to which extent adolescents would differ in the association between perceived parental support and adolescent negative mood. The sample consisted of 242 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 13.82, 63.2% female) who completed ecological momentary assessments of 3 weeks 3 months apart. Results from the multilevel regression analyses showed that, on average, adolescents experienced higher levels of negative mood on days when they perceived their parents to be less supportive. Substantial individual differences were found in this association, however, these were partially explained by the level of depressive symptoms and perceived parental intrusiveness. These findings suggest that advice on parental support should be tailored to the unique characteristics of the adolescent.
Highlights
Adolescence is an important developmental period with several challenges and changes
Previous studies have suggested that a lack of parental support is related to more internalizing problems in adolescents and daily negative mood has been shown to be a precursor for the development of such problems
By using ecological momentary assessments (EMA) and daily diaries, the current study aimed to elucidate the association between perceived parental support and adolescent negative mood at the within-person level in daily life and examined to which extent adolescents would differ in this association
Summary
Adolescence is an important developmental period with several challenges and changes. By using ecological momentary assessments (EMA; Stone and Shiffman 1994) the current study aimed to examine the more proximal associations between experienced parental support and adolescent daily negative mood within a person in the daily flow of life and assess individual differences. Four factors were examined to explain possible heterogeneity (i.e., adolescent gender, severity of adolescent depressive symptoms, perceived intrusiveness of parents, and overall social support).
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