Trends in adolescents' perceived parental communication across 32 countries in Europe and North America from 2002 to 2010

Brooks, F; Zaborskis, A; Tabak, I; Granado Alcón, MDC; Zemaitiene, N; De Roos, S; Klemera, E

Trends in adolescents' perceived parental communication across 32 countries in Europe and North America from 2002 to 2010

Brooks, F

Zaborskis, A Tabak, I Granado Alcón, MDC Zemaitiene, N De Roos, S Klemera, E

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Citation:: European Journal of Public Health, 2015, 25 pp. 46 - 50
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Brooks, F https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-325X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zaborskis, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tabak, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Granado Alcón, MDC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zemaitiene, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	De Roos, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Klemera, E	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Public Health, 2015, 25 pp. 46 - 50	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1101-1262	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118657
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. Background: The quality of communication with parents is a determinant of health and well-being during adolescence, being predictive of self-esteem, self-rated health and the ability to navigate health risk behaviours. Methods: This article describes trends in adolescent's (aged 11, 13 and 15 years) perception of communication with mothers and fathers by gender across 32 European and North American countries from 2002 to 2010. Analyses were performed on 425 699 records employing a General Linear Model (MANOVA). Results: In most countries, significant increases in the prevalence of ease of communication with both mothers and fathers were observed, with the greatest positive changes over time in Estonia, Denmark and Wales. In some countries, the opposite trend was found with the greatest negative changes occurring in France, Slovenia and Poland. Across the pooled dataset, a significant positive trend was observed for ease of communication with father, for both boys and girls and for ease of communication with mother for boys only. Conclusion: The temporal trends demonstrated an increase in a positive health asset for many young people, that of family communication. Positive trends may be a feature of the economic boom over the past decade coupled with cultural changes in attitudes to parenting, especially fathering.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Public Health	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/eurpub/ckv034	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Public Health	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Surveys	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Behavior	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Parent-Child Relations	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	North America	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Europe	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Trends in adolescents' perceived parental communication across 32 countries in Europe and North America from 2002 to 2010	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	25	en_US

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© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. Background: The quality of communication with parents is a determinant of health and well-being during adolescence, being predictive of self-esteem, self-rated health and the ability to navigate health risk behaviours. Methods: This article describes trends in adolescent's (aged 11, 13 and 15 years) perception of communication with mothers and fathers by gender across 32 European and North American countries from 2002 to 2010. Analyses were performed on 425 699 records employing a General Linear Model (MANOVA). Results: In most countries, significant increases in the prevalence of ease of communication with both mothers and fathers were observed, with the greatest positive changes over time in Estonia, Denmark and Wales. In some countries, the opposite trend was found with the greatest negative changes occurring in France, Slovenia and Poland. Across the pooled dataset, a significant positive trend was observed for ease of communication with father, for both boys and girls and for ease of communication with mother for boys only. Conclusion: The temporal trends demonstrated an increase in a positive health asset for many young people, that of family communication. Positive trends may be a feature of the economic boom over the past decade coupled with cultural changes in attitudes to parenting, especially fathering.

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