Nancy Darling
Biographic Data
| ID | 1662156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy Darling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy |
| FAMILY NAME | Darling |
| SIGNATURE | DARLING N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oberlin College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3271-8132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 664 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
How does cross‐sectional sampling bias our understanding of adolescent romantic relationships
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent romantic relationships are developmentally significant, but relatively brief and often disrupted by changes in context. Large individual differences and age-related change make sampling complex. Most adolescents have multiple romantic relationships. Which should we sample? To better understand the issues involved, this study used a simulation - an agent-based computational model - to generate model worlds, each following …
All in the family
This article used a sample of 2 adolescents per family to (a) examine the extent to which parental monitoring and adolescent information management are characteristics of families or of dyads and (b) replicate past research on parental monitoring and adolescent information management using models that distinguish differences between families from differences within them. Within- and between-family differences were examined as a function of parent…
Parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Parenting styles and practices are suggested to be important predictors of adolescent sexual health, mostly in Europe and North America. Limited research has been conducted on these processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has different patterns of adolescent sexual behavior and family traditions. This study qualitatively explored parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Tanzania, with 12 adolescents and 12 parents…
What's in a Name? Distinguishing Between Routine Disclosure and Self‐Disclosure
A lack of specificity between two types of disclosure has emerged in research on adolescents’ relationship and communication with their parents. Researchers are obscuring the distinctions between self‐disclosure and routine disclosure (i.e., disclosure of their whereabouts and activities to parents). In this article, we describe where the problems have arisen and then outline the conceptual differences between the two. Illustrations of how the tw…
Individual and Issue‐Specific Differences in Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
Perceived parental knowledge and adolescents' disclosure to parents were predicted from parental warmth and monitoring and adolescents' disclosure, agreement, and beliefs about obligation to obey and parental legitimacy ( N =698 Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. 13–20‐year‐olds). The correlates of knowledge are similar in all three countries, but the relative strength of the correlations differs. Global agreement was associated with greater knowledge. …
Seeing the Partner
Ecological Systems Theory
Simplistic presentations of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory focus on its attention to context. Although this accurately represents the first phase of Bronfenbrenner's work, it is argued that the core feature of Bronfenbrenner's later work is its attention to the patterning and interrelationship of multiple determinants of development and on the active role of the developing person. After a review of key elements of the development of B…
Gender, ethnicity, development, and risk
Individual differences shape the needs and characteristics of protégés, the processes through which mentoring may influence protégés' developmental trajectories, and the social networks into which the mentors enter. The literature on the influences of gender, ethnicity, and age on mentoring is reviewed and discussed as examples of how mentoring programs may have different influences on, and outcomes for, specific groups of youth. A focus on indiv…
Predictors of Adolescents’ Disclosure to Parents and Perceived Parental Knowledge
Rules, legitimacy of parental authority, and obligation to obey in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
With age, Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. youth come to believe that fewer issues are legitimately within the control of parents and that they are less obliged to obey parental rules. These beliefs vary across domains and countries, providing insight into parent-adolescent conflict and the development of autonomy
Kissing is good
Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
This paper examines the association between participation in school-based extracurricular activities (ECAs) and adolescent adjustment (drinking, marijuana use, grades, academic attitudes and academic aspirations) among students from six high schools. Three major issues were addressed: the potential confounding of selective EGA participation by better adjusted students and measures of adjustment, variability in the strength of the association betw…
Naturally Occurring Mentoring in Japan and the United States
Although the word “mentor” has traditionally been used to describe a relationship between an older adult and a younger person, recent work has extended its usage to relationships with peers and groups rather than with individuals and uncoupled the instrumental and affective qualities of the role. This paper examines (a) the extent to which adolescents' relationships with significant others in different social roles are characterized by mentoring …
Mixed-Sex Settings and the Perception of Competence
Why are You Bored?”
The purpose of this study was to better understand the causes of boredom using psychologically based and social control models of boredom. For this study, 82 8th grade students completed two questionnaires, a face to face interview, and participated in a four day activity diary over a two week period of time. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to assess the extern to which adolescents' level of boredom differed depending upon their reaso…
Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use
Using an ecological model we explored factors that contributed to the amount of time adolescents spent partying and consequent substance use. This study derived from secondary data analysis on self-report data collected on a sample of students from nine high schools. Of the approximately 9,000 students present during questionnaire administration, about 8,000 provided usable data for this study. Multiple regression analyses suggested that if adole…
Children's Perceptions of Their Relationships with Coresiding and Non-Coresiding Fathers
In this study the perceptions of children who reside with their fathers and children who live apart from their fathers are compared on a number of relationship qualities. Residential status significantly affected the likelihood of a father being named as some- one who was important in thc life of the child, as well as the likeli- hood of the father being named as someone the child went to for help with a reccnt srressful event. However, for those…
The company they keep
Approximately 4,500 14- to 18-year-olds completed questionnaires concerning their parents' practices and their academic achievement, psychosocial competence, behavior problems, and internalized distress. Independent reports from participants' friends were used to measure authoritativeness in the peer network. Parental authoritativeness in the network benefits adolescents above and beyond the positive impact of parental authoritativeness at home. …
Parental Monitoring and Peer Influences on Adolescent Substance Use
Objective. To examine the joint influences of parental monitoring and peer influence on adolescent substance use over time. Subjects. 6500 adolescents attending six high schools in Wisconsin and northern California. Design. Longitudinal study. Results. Parental monitoring was negatively associated with substance use, whereas the more involved an adolescent's peers were in substance use, the more likely he or she also was to use drugs and alcohol.…
Over-Time Changes in Adjustment and Competence among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families
Laurence Steinberg, Susie D. Lamborn, Nancy Darling, Nina S. Mounts, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Over-Time Changes in Adjustment and Competence among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families, Child Development, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jun., 1994), pp. 754-770
Parenting Style and Peer Group Membership Among European-American Adolescents
In this study we examined the association between peer group orientation and parenting style among European-American high school adolescents. Questionnaires were completed by 3,407 9th-12th graders regarding their peer group orientation and the parenting style of their caretakers. Parenting styles were categorized as authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or uninvolved. The analyses indicated that parenting style was related to adolescents' ori…
Parenting style as context
Despite broad consensus about the effects of parenting practices on child development, many questions about the construct parenting style remain unanswered. Particularly pressing issues are the variability in the effects of parenting style as a function of the child's cultural background, the processes through which parenting style influences the child's development, and the operational-ization of parenting style. Drawing on historical review, th…
Impact of Parenting Practices on Adolescent Achievement
Laurence Steinberg, Susie D. Lamborn, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Nancy Darling, Impact of Parenting Practices on Adolescent Achievement: Authoritative Parenting, School Involvement, and Encouragement to Succeed, Child Development, Vol. 63, No. 5 (Oct., 1992), pp. 1266-1281
Parenting style as context
Despite broad consensus about the effects of parenting practices on child development, many questions about the construct parenting style remain unanswered. Particularly pressing issues are the variability in the effects of parenting style as a function of the child's cultural background, the processes through which parenting style influences the child's development, and the operational-ization of parenting style. Drawing on historical review, th…
Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
This paper examines the association between participation in school-based extracurricular activities (ECAs) and adolescent adjustment (drinking, marijuana use, grades, academic attitudes and academic aspirations) among students from six high schools. Three major issues were addressed: the potential confounding of selective EGA participation by better adjusted students and measures of adjustment, variability in the strength of the association betw…
The company they keep
Approximately 4,500 14- to 18-year-olds completed questionnaires concerning their parents' practices and their academic achievement, psychosocial competence, behavior problems, and internalized distress. Independent reports from participants' friends were used to measure authoritativeness in the peer network. Parental authoritativeness in the network benefits adolescents above and beyond the positive impact of parental authoritativeness at home. …
Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use
Using an ecological model we explored factors that contributed to the amount of time adolescents spent partying and consequent substance use. This study derived from secondary data analysis on self-report data collected on a sample of students from nine high schools. Of the approximately 9,000 students present during questionnaire administration, about 8,000 provided usable data for this study. Multiple regression analyses suggested that if adole…
Predictors of Adolescents’ Disclosure to Parents and Perceived Parental Knowledge
Why are You Bored?”
The purpose of this study was to better understand the causes of boredom using psychologically based and social control models of boredom. For this study, 82 8th grade students completed two questionnaires, a face to face interview, and participated in a four day activity diary over a two week period of time. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to assess the extern to which adolescents' level of boredom differed depending upon their reaso…
Naturally Occurring Mentoring in Japan and the United States
Although the word “mentor” has traditionally been used to describe a relationship between an older adult and a younger person, recent work has extended its usage to relationships with peers and groups rather than with individuals and uncoupled the instrumental and affective qualities of the role. This paper examines (a) the extent to which adolescents' relationships with significant others in different social roles are characterized by mentoring …
Individual and Issue‐Specific Differences in Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
Perceived parental knowledge and adolescents' disclosure to parents were predicted from parental warmth and monitoring and adolescents' disclosure, agreement, and beliefs about obligation to obey and parental legitimacy ( N =698 Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. 13–20‐year‐olds). The correlates of knowledge are similar in all three countries, but the relative strength of the correlations differs. Global agreement was associated with greater knowledge. …
Kissing is good
What's in a Name? Distinguishing Between Routine Disclosure and Self‐Disclosure
A lack of specificity between two types of disclosure has emerged in research on adolescents’ relationship and communication with their parents. Researchers are obscuring the distinctions between self‐disclosure and routine disclosure (i.e., disclosure of their whereabouts and activities to parents). In this article, we describe where the problems have arisen and then outline the conceptual differences between the two. Illustrations of how the tw…
Gender, ethnicity, development, and risk
Individual differences shape the needs and characteristics of protégés, the processes through which mentoring may influence protégés' developmental trajectories, and the social networks into which the mentors enter. The literature on the influences of gender, ethnicity, and age on mentoring is reviewed and discussed as examples of how mentoring programs may have different influences on, and outcomes for, specific groups of youth. A focus on indiv…
Parenting Style and Peer Group Membership Among European-American Adolescents
In this study we examined the association between peer group orientation and parenting style among European-American high school adolescents. Questionnaires were completed by 3,407 9th-12th graders regarding their peer group orientation and the parenting style of their caretakers. Parenting styles were categorized as authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or uninvolved. The analyses indicated that parenting style was related to adolescents' ori…
Mixed-Sex Settings and the Perception of Competence
All in the family
This article used a sample of 2 adolescents per family to (a) examine the extent to which parental monitoring and adolescent information management are characteristics of families or of dyads and (b) replicate past research on parental monitoring and adolescent information management using models that distinguish differences between families from differences within them. Within- and between-family differences were examined as a function of parent…
Seeing the Partner
Impact of Parenting Practices on Adolescent Achievement
Laurence Steinberg, Susie D. Lamborn, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Nancy Darling, Impact of Parenting Practices on Adolescent Achievement: Authoritative Parenting, School Involvement, and Encouragement to Succeed, Child Development, Vol. 63, No. 5 (Oct., 1992), pp. 1266-1281
Parenting Style and Peer Group Membership Among European-American Adolescents
In this study we examined the association between peer group orientation and parenting style among European-American high school adolescents. Questionnaires were completed by 3,407 9th-12th graders regarding their peer group orientation and the parenting style of their caretakers. Parenting styles were categorized as authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or uninvolved. The analyses indicated that parenting style was related to adolescents' ori…
Parenting style as context
Despite broad consensus about the effects of parenting practices on child development, many questions about the construct parenting style remain unanswered. Particularly pressing issues are the variability in the effects of parenting style as a function of the child's cultural background, the processes through which parenting style influences the child's development, and the operational-ization of parenting style. Drawing on historical review, th…
Parental Monitoring and Peer Influences on Adolescent Substance Use
Objective. To examine the joint influences of parental monitoring and peer influence on adolescent substance use over time. Subjects. 6500 adolescents attending six high schools in Wisconsin and northern California. Design. Longitudinal study. Results. Parental monitoring was negatively associated with substance use, whereas the more involved an adolescent's peers were in substance use, the more likely he or she also was to use drugs and alcohol.…
Over-Time Changes in Adjustment and Competence among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families
Laurence Steinberg, Susie D. Lamborn, Nancy Darling, Nina S. Mounts, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Over-Time Changes in Adjustment and Competence among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families, Child Development, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jun., 1994), pp. 754-770
Children's Perceptions of Their Relationships with Coresiding and Non-Coresiding Fathers
In this study the perceptions of children who reside with their fathers and children who live apart from their fathers are compared on a number of relationship qualities. Residential status significantly affected the likelihood of a father being named as some- one who was important in thc life of the child, as well as the likeli- hood of the father being named as someone the child went to for help with a reccnt srressful event. However, for those…
The company they keep
Approximately 4,500 14- to 18-year-olds completed questionnaires concerning their parents' practices and their academic achievement, psychosocial competence, behavior problems, and internalized distress. Independent reports from participants' friends were used to measure authoritativeness in the peer network. Parental authoritativeness in the network benefits adolescents above and beyond the positive impact of parental authoritativeness at home. …
Mixed-Sex Settings and the Perception of Competence
Why are You Bored?”
The purpose of this study was to better understand the causes of boredom using psychologically based and social control models of boredom. For this study, 82 8th grade students completed two questionnaires, a face to face interview, and participated in a four day activity diary over a two week period of time. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to assess the extern to which adolescents' level of boredom differed depending upon their reaso…
Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use
Using an ecological model we explored factors that contributed to the amount of time adolescents spent partying and consequent substance use. This study derived from secondary data analysis on self-report data collected on a sample of students from nine high schools. Of the approximately 9,000 students present during questionnaire administration, about 8,000 provided usable data for this study. Multiple regression analyses suggested that if adole…
Naturally Occurring Mentoring in Japan and the United States
Although the word “mentor” has traditionally been used to describe a relationship between an older adult and a younger person, recent work has extended its usage to relationships with peers and groups rather than with individuals and uncoupled the instrumental and affective qualities of the role. This paper examines (a) the extent to which adolescents' relationships with significant others in different social roles are characterized by mentoring …
Rules, legitimacy of parental authority, and obligation to obey in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
With age, Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. youth come to believe that fewer issues are legitimately within the control of parents and that they are less obliged to obey parental rules. These beliefs vary across domains and countries, providing insight into parent-adolescent conflict and the development of autonomy
Kissing is good
Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
This paper examines the association between participation in school-based extracurricular activities (ECAs) and adolescent adjustment (drinking, marijuana use, grades, academic attitudes and academic aspirations) among students from six high schools. Three major issues were addressed: the potential confounding of selective EGA participation by better adjusted students and measures of adjustment, variability in the strength of the association betw…
Gender, ethnicity, development, and risk
Individual differences shape the needs and characteristics of protégés, the processes through which mentoring may influence protégés' developmental trajectories, and the social networks into which the mentors enter. The literature on the influences of gender, ethnicity, and age on mentoring is reviewed and discussed as examples of how mentoring programs may have different influences on, and outcomes for, specific groups of youth. A focus on indiv…
Predictors of Adolescents’ Disclosure to Parents and Perceived Parental Knowledge
Ecological Systems Theory
Simplistic presentations of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory focus on its attention to context. Although this accurately represents the first phase of Bronfenbrenner's work, it is argued that the core feature of Bronfenbrenner's later work is its attention to the patterning and interrelationship of multiple determinants of development and on the active role of the developing person. After a review of key elements of the development of B…
Individual and Issue‐Specific Differences in Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
Perceived parental knowledge and adolescents' disclosure to parents were predicted from parental warmth and monitoring and adolescents' disclosure, agreement, and beliefs about obligation to obey and parental legitimacy ( N =698 Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. 13–20‐year‐olds). The correlates of knowledge are similar in all three countries, but the relative strength of the correlations differs. Global agreement was associated with greater knowledge. …
Seeing the Partner
What's in a Name? Distinguishing Between Routine Disclosure and Self‐Disclosure
A lack of specificity between two types of disclosure has emerged in research on adolescents’ relationship and communication with their parents. Researchers are obscuring the distinctions between self‐disclosure and routine disclosure (i.e., disclosure of their whereabouts and activities to parents). In this article, we describe where the problems have arisen and then outline the conceptual differences between the two. Illustrations of how the tw…
Parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Parenting styles and practices are suggested to be important predictors of adolescent sexual health, mostly in Europe and North America. Limited research has been conducted on these processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has different patterns of adolescent sexual behavior and family traditions. This study qualitatively explored parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Tanzania, with 12 adolescents and 12 parents…
All in the family
This article used a sample of 2 adolescents per family to (a) examine the extent to which parental monitoring and adolescent information management are characteristics of families or of dyads and (b) replicate past research on parental monitoring and adolescent information management using models that distinguish differences between families from differences within them. Within- and between-family differences were examined as a function of parent…
How does cross‐sectional sampling bias our understanding of adolescent romantic relationships
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent romantic relationships are developmentally significant, but relatively brief and often disrupted by changes in context. Large individual differences and age-related change make sampling complex. Most adolescents have multiple romantic relationships. Which should we sample? To better understand the issues involved, this study used a simulation - an agent-based computational model - to generate model worlds, each following …
Psychology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (7 works) · Health psychology (5 works) · Parenting styles (5 works) · Public health (5 works)