Changing Boundaries of Parental Authority During Adolescence: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 108

This volume describes research focusing on changes in differentdimensions of parenting and conceptions of parental authorityduring adolescence. The seven chapters illuminate the dimensions ofparenting that change (or remain stable) over the course ofadolescence. The chapters also ighlight the importance ofconsidering variations in parenting accoding to the differentdomains of adolescents' lives, their relationships to thedevelopment of responsibility automony, and how these areinfluenced by socioeconomic status, culture, and ethnicity. Thus, the chapters in this volume provide new directions forconceptualizing variations in parenting over the second decade oflife and their implicaions for adolescent adjustment andwell-being. The authors point to the need for developmentallysensitive models of parenting that consider changes within domainsover time, their influence on adolescent development andfunctioning, and potential asynchronies between parents andadolescents.This is the 108th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Child and AdolescentDevelopment.