When Parents Seek Perfection: Implications for Psychological Functioning Among Teens at High-Achieving Schools.
Although often considered to be at low risk for negative outcomes, there is replicated evidence that youth attending high-achieving schools experience clinically significant mental health problems that exceed national norms. However, relatively little is known about family correlates of adolescent s...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 3117 - 3129 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=146342501&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 146342501 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2020 vid: 29 iid: 11 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 146342501 10.1007/s10826-020-01828-9 ppf: 3117 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 630KB tig: atl: When Parents Seek Perfection: Implications for Psychological Functioning Among Teens at High-Achieving Schools. aug: au: Stiles, Kelsey Lee, Steve S. Luthar, Suniya S. affil: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA su: Executive function Mental illness risk factors Academic achievement Adolescence Criticism Psychology of high school students Parent-child relationships Perfectionism (Personality trait) sug: subj: Executive function Mental illness risk factors Academic achievement Adolescence Criticism Psychology of high school students Parent-child relationships Perfectionism (Personality trait) keyword: Affluence Developmental psychopathology High-achieving youth Affluence Developmental psychopathology High-achieving youth ab: Although often considered to be at low risk for negative outcomes, there is replicated evidence that youth attending high-achieving schools experience clinically significant mental health problems that exceed national norms. However, relatively little is known about family correlates of adolescent socio-emotional development, including parental criticism and expectations. Using a sample of high school students (N = 710, mean age = 16.7 years, 45% female) drawn from a high-achieving school in a largely affluent area, this study investigated concurrent associations between adolescent perceptions of maternal and paternal criticism and expectations with their self-reported internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. To discern configurations of family environment based on separate ratings of maternal and paternal criticism and expectations, we employed person-centered, latent profile analysis. An empirically distinct class emerged consisting of families with elevated maternal and paternal criticism and expectations; this class concurrently reported the highest levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. These findings highlight the importance of parent-child relationships for offspring well-being and suggest that paternal achievement expectations may be particularly relevant among high-achieving youth. We consider these findings within the larger context of family factors and adolescent development among youth in high-achieving contexts, including the significant need to consider father-offspring relationship factors. Highlights: Youth from high-achieving schools are at elevated risk for mental health problems. Parent criticism and expectations were correlated with youth psychopathology. Father-child relationships were especially salient for youth with the highest risk. Parent influences are crucial for assessing risk among achievement-oriented youth. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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