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Studying the Dynamics of Parenting Adolescents on a Momentary Timescale

Thu, April 8, 11:35am to 1:05pm EDT (11:35am to 1:05pm EDT), Virtual

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Abstract

Parenting adolescents is a dynamic process, which unfolds over several timescales: from the micro-level of a single interaction to relationship patterns which gradually shape the trajectory of longer-term developmental growth (Granic, 2005). Whereas observational studies have assessed the dynamics of distinct parent-child interactions, most longitudinal parenting studies are currently conducted on an annual timescale (Boele et al., 2019), making many timescales unexplored territory. One timescale of observation that is recently becoming more popular in the study of parenting is the momentary timescale. By assessing single interactions over the course of one or more weeks with the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), ecologically valid assessment can be made of real-time behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of both adolescent and their parents. In this symposium, four longitudinal studies will be presented, which together tap into parenting processes on varying timescales, with the focus on the momentary timescale. Specifically:
1) The first study provides methodological guidelines for an ESM study to examine successive patterns of momentary parent-adolescent interactions in daily life.
2) The second study presents how the perception of momentary parental behavior differed for parents and adolescents and how these dissimilarities are linked to adolescents’ mood.
3) The third study examined how variability in moment-to-moment and daily emotions of both mothers and adolescents predicted emotion regulation difficulties.
4) The fourth study examined the transactional within-family link between adolescent-reported parental support and adolescent depressive symptoms across five different timescales, from daily to three-monthly to biennial.

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