TY - JOUR
T1 - Relations among Single Mothers– Awareness of their Adolescents– Stressors, Maternal Monitoring, Mother-Adolescent Communication, and Adolescent Adjustment
AU - Hartos, Jessica L.
AU - Power, Thomas G.
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - The goal of this study was to examine the relations among mothers– awareness of their adolescents– stressors, mother-adolescent communication, maternal monitoring, and adolescent adjustment in single-parent families. Measures of adolescent stress, communication, monitoring, and adolescents– anxious/depressed and aggressive behaviors were completed by 82 adolescents and their single mothers. The findings indicated that single mothers were aware of about half of their adolescents– stressors and not as aware of the importance to their adolescents. Adolescents in the group characterized by high stress/low agreement reported more problem behaviors. Moreover, monitoring mediated the relationship between awareness group membership and adolescent adjustment as high agreement groups reported more monitoring and fewer problem behaviors than did low agreement groups. Thus, during early adolescence when adolescent stress increases and family communication and monitoring change, monitoring by single mothers may increase awareness of adolescent stress, which in turn may buffer the negative effects of stress on adolescent adjustment.
AB - The goal of this study was to examine the relations among mothers– awareness of their adolescents– stressors, mother-adolescent communication, maternal monitoring, and adolescent adjustment in single-parent families. Measures of adolescent stress, communication, monitoring, and adolescents– anxious/depressed and aggressive behaviors were completed by 82 adolescents and their single mothers. The findings indicated that single mothers were aware of about half of their adolescents– stressors and not as aware of the importance to their adolescents. Adolescents in the group characterized by high stress/low agreement reported more problem behaviors. Moreover, monitoring mediated the relationship between awareness group membership and adolescent adjustment as high agreement groups reported more monitoring and fewer problem behaviors than did low agreement groups. Thus, during early adolescence when adolescent stress increases and family communication and monitoring change, monitoring by single mothers may increase awareness of adolescent stress, which in turn may buffer the negative effects of stress on adolescent adjustment.
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U2 - 10.1177/0743558400155002
DO - 10.1177/0743558400155002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040790098
SN - 0743-5584
VL - 15
SP - 546
EP - 563
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
IS - 5
ER -