Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I History of the Field and Theoretical Frameworks
- Part II Reconsidering Parenting and Parental Knowledge
- Part III Informant and Contextual Differences in Disclosure and Secrecy
- 11 Types of Concealment and Implications for Adjustment in Adolescent–Parent Relationships
- 12 The Role of Self-Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent–Parent Relationships
- 13 Adolescent Lying to Parents and Resistance to Parental Authority
- 14 Adolescent Disclosure with Parents versus Siblings and Friends
- 15 Disclosure and Secrecy in Turkish Families
- 16 Familism Values and Disclosure Among Latinx Youth
- 17 Self-Disclosure and “Coming Out” to Parents among LGBTQ Youth
- Part IV Applications
- Index
- References
13 - Adolescent Lying to Parents and Resistance to Parental Authority
from Part III - Informant and Contextual Differences in Disclosure and Secrecy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I History of the Field and Theoretical Frameworks
- Part II Reconsidering Parenting and Parental Knowledge
- Part III Informant and Contextual Differences in Disclosure and Secrecy
- 11 Types of Concealment and Implications for Adjustment in Adolescent–Parent Relationships
- 12 The Role of Self-Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent–Parent Relationships
- 13 Adolescent Lying to Parents and Resistance to Parental Authority
- 14 Adolescent Disclosure with Parents versus Siblings and Friends
- 15 Disclosure and Secrecy in Turkish Families
- 16 Familism Values and Disclosure Among Latinx Youth
- 17 Self-Disclosure and “Coming Out” to Parents among LGBTQ Youth
- Part IV Applications
- Index
- References
Summary
Although lying is frequently associated with problem behaviors, recent research also suggests that lying to parents is part of a normative developmental process that serves important functions for the growth and maintenance of adolescent autonomy and reflects complex and mature moral reasoning. This chapter examines adolescent lie-telling as an information management strategy and a form of everyday resistance that adolescents engage in as they strive for autonomy and increased independence in their relationships with parents. Connections between adolescent lie-telling and the development of their autonomy and moral evaluations are considered in detail. The chapter examines adolescent lying as a concealment strategy and situates lying among other information management techniques discussed in this volume. Literature on the developmental trajectory of lying is discussed, with an eye toward the changing alchemy of the adolescent–-parent relationship as children enter and move through adolescence.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence , pp. 261 - 281Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024