Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
A systematic review of the association between parent‐child communication and adolescent mental health
Originally published 2023-11-04 · JCPP Advances
Wiley · DOI 10.1002/jcv2.12205 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
What does research suggest about how teenagers experience communication with parents?
This review takes adolescents’ own ratings of communication seriously. It provides a foundation for considering collaborative conversation while distinguishing association from demonstrated intervention effects.
Who was studied?
37 quantitative studies of adolescent-rated parent–child communication and mental health.
Age / stage: Adolescence; age ranges vary across included studies
Read with three questions
- What counted as dyadic communication quality?
- Which mental-health domains were examined?
- Why do mainly cross-sectional, adolescent-rated studies not establish a communication treatment effect?
Keep the limits in view
The included evidence was mainly cross-sectional and limited to adolescent-rated communication. Measurement quality and overlap with broader relationship constructs constrain interpretation.
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Holger Zapf; Johannes Boettcher; Yngvild Haukeland; Stian Orm; Sarah Coslar; Krister Fjermestad (2023). A systematic review of the association between parent‐child communication and adolescent mental health JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12205
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