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Parenting and Late Adolescents’ Well-Being in Greece, Norway, Poland and Switzerland: Associations with Individuation from Parents

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Cross-cultural studies focusing on individuation and parent-child relationships during late adolescence in the European context are sparse. This study investigated relationships between maternal and paternal responsiveness, demandingness and autonomy granting and late adolescents’ subjective well-being in Greece, Norway, Poland, and Switzerland. Additionally, the role of psychological, functional, and financial aspects of adolescents’ individuation in these relationships were assessed. Late adolescents (18–20-years-old, N = 745) reported on their parents’ behaviors and themselves. Structural models with latent constructs were applied to test the hypothesized relationships. Results showed that in all four countries, maternal and paternal autonomy granting and responsiveness were positively associated with adolescents’ well-being. No significant results were found for demandingness. Further, the study found that psychological and functional connectedness with mothers and financial connectedness with fathers partially explained the associations between parenting behaviors and adolescents’ well-being. The results indicate more similarities than differences across Europe in the associations between parenting on late adolescents’ outcomes. More importantly, the study points out that maternal and paternal parenting may play different roles in late adolescence.

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This research was conducted with funding support from the Polish National Foundation Research Grant (KBN 106219538), Norway Grants (FSS/II/D3/W/0012), Greek Ministry of National Education Fellowship, and Swiss Government Fellowship (SCIEX-NMsch 10.074-2).

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AF: led the conception, design and drafting of the paper and led the analysis and interpretation of the data. BS, DLS and PB: made substantial contributions to the conception, design, writing and editing of the paper. KS: made substantial contribution to the analyses of the data and interpretation of results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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This study was funded by: Polish National Foundation Research Grant (KBN 106219538), Norway Grants (FSS/II/D3/W/0012), Greek Ministry of National Education Fellowship, and Swiss Government Fellowship (SCIEX-NMsch 10.074-2).

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    Ania Filus

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    Beate Schwarz

  3. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 72, Athens, Greece

    Kostas Mylonas

  4. University of Bergen, 5007, Bergen, Norway

    David L. Sam

  5. University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815, Warsaw, Poland

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Filus, A., Schwarz, B., Mylonas, K. et al. Parenting and Late Adolescents’ Well-Being in Greece, Norway, Poland and Switzerland: Associations with Individuation from Parents. J Child Fam Stud 28, 560–576 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1283-1

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