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The Views of Parents and Adolescents on the Granting of Behavioural Autonomy to Adolescents: Some Normative Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Alan Hudson
Affiliation:
Phillip lnstitute of Technology
Wendy Bell
Affiliation:
Araluen Centre, Lower Plenty
Tricia Hudson
Affiliation:
Student Services, Ministry of Education, Victoria
Vicki Houndoulesi
Affiliation:
Lincoln lnstitute of Health Sciences

Abstract

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Psychologists working with families experiencing serious parent adolescent conflict often find themselves being asked about community views regarding the ages at which adolescents ought be permitted to engage in a range of behaviours. Given the general lack of normative data in this regard, the current study has attempted to provide some. Data from two studies involving families of children attending a total of 17 Victorian schools are reported, and discussion is given to the use that might be made of such data by psychologists working with families experiencing parental adolescent conflict.

Type
Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1986

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