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Kristin L Moilanen, Yuh-Ling Shen
Journal of youth and adolescence, 2014
Journal of youth and adolescence, 2014
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Moilanen, K. L., & Shen, Y.-L. (2014). Mastery in Middle Adolescence: The Contributions of Socioeconomic Status, Maternal Mastery and Supportive-Involved Mothering. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
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Moilanen, Kristin L, and Yuh-Ling Shen. “Mastery in Middle Adolescence: The Contributions of Socioeconomic Status, Maternal Mastery and Supportive-Involved Mothering.” Journal of youth and adolescence (2014).
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Moilanen, Kristin L., and Yuh-Ling Shen. “Mastery in Middle Adolescence: The Contributions of Socioeconomic Status, Maternal Mastery and Supportive-Involved Mothering.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2014.
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@article{kristin2014a,
title = {Mastery in Middle Adolescence: The Contributions of Socioeconomic Status, Maternal Mastery and Supportive-Involved Mothering},
year = {2014},
journal = {Journal of youth and adolescence},
author = {Moilanen, Kristin L and Shen, Yuh-Ling}
}
Abstract
Mastery, or the feeling of power or control over one’s life, is a vital yet understudied covariate of wellbeing in adolescence and adulthood. The goal of the current study was to explore the effects of demographic characteristics (i.e., sex, age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES)), maternal mastery, and supportive-involved mothering on children’s mastery at ages 16–17 years. 855 teens (47.6 % female) and their mothers provided study data as part of the 1992 and 1998 waves of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (NLSY-79; 24.1 % Hispanic, 36.6 % Black). Hybrid path models indicated that only maternal parenting during middle childhood was linked directly to levels of children’s mastery in middle adolescence; a small portion of the association between parenting and adolescent mastery was attributable to SES. The discussion centers on significance of these findings for future research and theory development.