Nina S Mounts
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nina S Mounts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nina S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mounts |
| SIGNATURE | MOUNTS N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7435-6187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 155 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Parents' prohibitions of peer relationships
Kaniusonyte and Laursen (2024) make an important contribution to our understanding of parental prohibitions of peer relationships and their relationship to other aspects of adolescent social functioning. This commentary develops several possible extensions to this interesting line of research with a goal of more specifically identifying the mechanisms that account for the relationships between prohibitions and adolescents' peer adjustment. Future…
Experiential Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Academic Impairment
The ways in which Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms lead to impairments in functioning, including academic performance, are not well understood. The present study sought to examine the role of a common maladaptive coping strategy, experiential avoidance, as a moderator of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and academic achievement. Participants ( N = 326) were undergraduate students enrolled in introductory …
Economic stress, parenting, and adolescents’ adjustment during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Quantity and quality of maternal consulting
INTRODUCTION: The goal of this investigation was to understand the way in which the quantity and quality of maternal consulting are related to adolescents' peer victimization and loneliness and to examine whether these associations were moderated by adolescents' social competence. METHOD: = 12.39 years; 51.4% girls) and their mothers, living in the United States, completed questionnaires and were video recorded discussing hypothetical peer-relate…
Method Variance in Adolescents’, Mothers’, and Observers’ Reports of Peer Management
Nonresident Fathers' Parenting Style and the Adjustment of Late-Adolescent Boys
This study investigates the relation between nonresident fathers' parenting style, mothers' parenting style and behaviors, and depression and antisocial behavior in a sample of late-adolescent boys ( n = 177). Hierarchical regression analyses were performed. Maternal psychological well-being was associated with fewer adolescent depression symptoms. When mothers had low or average amounts of aggravation in parenting, fathers' more authoritative pa…
Parental Management of Peer Relationships and Early Adolescents’ Social Skills
Expectations for Parental Management of Dating in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Early Adolescents
This investigation examined mothers’ beliefs about important dating partner characteristics and expectations regarding management of dating in an ethnically diverse sample of 76 early adolescents and their mothers. Open-ended and structured questions were used to identify a range of dating partner characteristics which were important to mothers and a range of dating-management practices expected to be used by the mothers. Adolescents also reporte…
Parental goals regarding peer relationships and management of peers in a multiethnic sample
Caregivers have a range of empathic, socialization, and ethnicity-based goals in regard to adolescents' peer relationships. There are similarities and differences in goals across African American, Latino, and white groups. Caregiver goals are related to the amount of peer management that they use with their early adolescents
The cultural context of family-peer linkages in adolescence
Adolescents' family and peer social systems influence each other in many ways. Considering these systems in light of how ethnicity has been conceptualized by researchers, we offer a set of general principles to guide future research on ethnic or cultural influences on family-peer linkages in adolescence
Adolescents' and Their Mothers' Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relation of level and discrepancy in mothers' and adolescents' reports of parental management of peer relationships and parent–child conflict about peer relationships to mothers' and adolescent's reports of adolescents' drug use, delinquent behavior, and grade‐point‐average (GPA). An ethnically diverse sample of 121 seventh and eighth graders and their mothers completed questionnaires as…
Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition
Contributions of Parenting and Campus Climate to Freshmen Adjustment in a Multiethnic Sample
The role of parental support, hostile campus racial climate, and sense of belonging to campus in predicting psychological adjustment and drug use was examined in a sample of 319 African American and White college freshmen. No ethnic-group differences were found for mean levels of parental support, racial hostility, belonging to campus, or psychological adjustment. White adolescents reported higher levels of drug and alcohol use than did African A…
Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Relations between adolescents’ reports of parental management of peer relationships (consulting, mediating, and autonomy granting in regard to peer relationships) and positive friendship quality, friendship conflict, delinquent activity, and drug use were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of 322 7th and 8th graders. Regression analyses revealed that higher levels of consulting and mediating were related to higher levels of positive friends…
Young Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
In two short-term longitudinal studies, the relation of direct parental management of peer relationships with young adolescents’ and their best friends’ antisocial behavior and academic achievement were examined. Ninth-graders reported perceptions of parental monitoring and parental prohibiting of peer relationships. Ninth-graders and best friends reported drug use, delinquent behavior, grade point average (GPA), and educational expectations. At …
An ecological analysis of peer influence on adolescent grade point average and drug use
The interactive effects of peer behavior and adolescents' perceptions of authoritative parenting on grade point average (GPA) and drug use were examined. Two samples of 500 9th through 11th graders participated in a 1-year longitudinal study, and they and their friends provided reports of respective school grades and substance use. Changes in GPA and drug use are predicted by friend's grades and drug use. However, this effect is moderated by the …
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 Practices and Peer Group Affiliation in Adolescence
Patterns of Competence and Adjustment among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families
Susie D. Lamborn, Nina S. Mounts, Laurence Steinberg, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Patterns of Competence and Adjustment among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families, Child Development, Vol. 62, No. 5 (Oct., 1991), pp. 1049-1065
Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial Maturity, and Academic Success among Adolescents
Laurence Steinberg, Julie D. Elmen, Nina S. Mounts, Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial Maturity, and Academic Success among Adolescents, Child Development, Vol. 60, No. 6 (Dec., 1989), pp. 1424-1436
Sociometric status and peer group dynamics
Social-Cognitive Play Patterns in Same-Age and Mixed-Age Preschool Classrooms
Recent theoretical propositions and some research findings suggest that children may acquire unique adaptational advantages through mixed-age socialization. To further examine these claims, children’s social-cognitive modes of play and peer responses to them were observed in two classrooms of 3-year-olds, in two classrooms of 4-year-olds, and in two mixed-age classrooms of 3- and 4-year-olds. Observations were conducted during 10 5-minute session…
Mothers’ perceptions of their children's supplemental care experience
Mothers whose children were enrolled in day care and home-based care were asked to rate the care environment and assess its effects on their children's development, on parent-child relationships, and on spousal relationships. Significant differences in perceptions between the two groups of mothers and significant associations between the parent-child/marital and the supplemental care systems were revealed
An ecological analysis of peer influence on adolescent grade point average and drug use
The interactive effects of peer behavior and adolescents' perceptions of authoritative parenting on grade point average (GPA) and drug use were examined. Two samples of 500 9th through 11th graders participated in a 1-year longitudinal study, and they and their friends provided reports of respective school grades and substance use. Changes in GPA and drug use are predicted by friend's grades and drug use. However, this effect is moderated by the …
Young Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
In two short-term longitudinal studies, the relation of direct parental management of peer relationships with young adolescents’ and their best friends’ antisocial behavior and academic achievement were examined. Ninth-graders reported perceptions of parental monitoring and parental prohibiting of peer relationships. Ninth-graders and best friends reported drug use, delinquent behavior, grade point average (GPA), and educational expectations. At …
Adolescents' and Their Mothers' Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relation of level and discrepancy in mothers' and adolescents' reports of parental management of peer relationships and parent–child conflict about peer relationships to mothers' and adolescent's reports of adolescents' drug use, delinquent behavior, and grade‐point‐average (GPA). An ethnically diverse sample of 121 seventh and eighth graders and their mothers completed questionnaires as…
Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Relations between adolescents’ reports of parental management of peer relationships (consulting, mediating, and autonomy granting in regard to peer relationships) and positive friendship quality, friendship conflict, delinquent activity, and drug use were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of 322 7th and 8th graders. Regression analyses revealed that higher levels of consulting and mediating were related to higher levels of positive friends…
Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition
Contributions of Parenting and Campus Climate to Freshmen Adjustment in a Multiethnic Sample
The role of parental support, hostile campus racial climate, and sense of belonging to campus in predicting psychological adjustment and drug use was examined in a sample of 319 African American and White college freshmen. No ethnic-group differences were found for mean levels of parental support, racial hostility, belonging to campus, or psychological adjustment. White adolescents reported higher levels of drug and alcohol use than did African A…
Expectations for Parental Management of Dating in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Early Adolescents
This investigation examined mothers’ beliefs about important dating partner characteristics and expectations regarding management of dating in an ethnically diverse sample of 76 early adolescents and their mothers. Open-ended and structured questions were used to identify a range of dating partner characteristics which were important to mothers and a range of dating-management practices expected to be used by the mothers. Adolescents also reporte…
Parental Management of Peer Relationships and Early Adolescents’ Social Skills
Nonresident Fathers' Parenting Style and the Adjustment of Late-Adolescent Boys
This study investigates the relation between nonresident fathers' parenting style, mothers' parenting style and behaviors, and depression and antisocial behavior in a sample of late-adolescent boys ( n = 177). Hierarchical regression analyses were performed. Maternal psychological well-being was associated with fewer adolescent depression symptoms. When mothers had low or average amounts of aggravation in parenting, fathers' more authoritative pa…
Social-Cognitive Play Patterns in Same-Age and Mixed-Age Preschool Classrooms
Recent theoretical propositions and some research findings suggest that children may acquire unique adaptational advantages through mixed-age socialization. To further examine these claims, children’s social-cognitive modes of play and peer responses to them were observed in two classrooms of 3-year-olds, in two classrooms of 4-year-olds, and in two mixed-age classrooms of 3- and 4-year-olds. Observations were conducted during 10 5-minute session…
Mothers’ perceptions of their children's supplemental care experience
Mothers whose children were enrolled in day care and home-based care were asked to rate the care environment and assess its effects on their children's development, on parent-child relationships, and on spousal relationships. Significant differences in perceptions between the two groups of mothers and significant associations between the parent-child/marital and the supplemental care systems were revealed
Social-Cognitive Play Patterns in Same-Age and Mixed-Age Preschool Classrooms
Recent theoretical propositions and some research findings suggest that children may acquire unique adaptational advantages through mixed-age socialization. To further examine these claims, children’s social-cognitive modes of play and peer responses to them were observed in two classrooms of 3-year-olds, in two classrooms of 4-year-olds, and in two mixed-age classrooms of 3- and 4-year-olds. Observations were conducted during 10 5-minute session…
Sociometric status and peer group dynamics
Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial Maturity, and Academic Success among Adolescents
Laurence Steinberg, Julie D. Elmen, Nina S. Mounts, Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial Maturity, and Academic Success among Adolescents, Child Development, Vol. 60, No. 6 (Dec., 1989), pp. 1424-1436
Patterns of Competence and Adjustment among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families
Susie D. Lamborn, Nina S. Mounts, Laurence Steinberg, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Patterns of Competence and Adjustment among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families, Child Development, Vol. 62, No. 5 (Oct., 1991), pp. 1049-1065
Parenting Practices and Peer Group Affiliation in Adolescence
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
An ecological analysis of peer influence on adolescent grade point average and drug use
The interactive effects of peer behavior and adolescents' perceptions of authoritative parenting on grade point average (GPA) and drug use were examined. Two samples of 500 9th through 11th graders participated in a 1-year longitudinal study, and they and their friends provided reports of respective school grades and substance use. Changes in GPA and drug use are predicted by friend's grades and drug use. However, this effect is moderated by the …
Young Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
In two short-term longitudinal studies, the relation of direct parental management of peer relationships with young adolescents’ and their best friends’ antisocial behavior and academic achievement were examined. Ninth-graders reported perceptions of parental monitoring and parental prohibiting of peer relationships. Ninth-graders and best friends reported drug use, delinquent behavior, grade point average (GPA), and educational expectations. At …
Contributions of Parenting and Campus Climate to Freshmen Adjustment in a Multiethnic Sample
The role of parental support, hostile campus racial climate, and sense of belonging to campus in predicting psychological adjustment and drug use was examined in a sample of 319 African American and White college freshmen. No ethnic-group differences were found for mean levels of parental support, racial hostility, belonging to campus, or psychological adjustment. White adolescents reported higher levels of drug and alcohol use than did African A…
Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Relations between adolescents’ reports of parental management of peer relationships (consulting, mediating, and autonomy granting in regard to peer relationships) and positive friendship quality, friendship conflict, delinquent activity, and drug use were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of 322 7th and 8th graders. Regression analyses revealed that higher levels of consulting and mediating were related to higher levels of positive friends…
Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition
Parental goals regarding peer relationships and management of peers in a multiethnic sample
Caregivers have a range of empathic, socialization, and ethnicity-based goals in regard to adolescents' peer relationships. There are similarities and differences in goals across African American, Latino, and white groups. Caregiver goals are related to the amount of peer management that they use with their early adolescents
The cultural context of family-peer linkages in adolescence
Adolescents' family and peer social systems influence each other in many ways. Considering these systems in light of how ethnicity has been conceptualized by researchers, we offer a set of general principles to guide future research on ethnic or cultural influences on family-peer linkages in adolescence
Adolescents' and Their Mothers' Perceptions of Parental Management of Peer Relationships
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relation of level and discrepancy in mothers' and adolescents' reports of parental management of peer relationships and parent–child conflict about peer relationships to mothers' and adolescent's reports of adolescents' drug use, delinquent behavior, and grade‐point‐average (GPA). An ethnically diverse sample of 121 seventh and eighth graders and their mothers completed questionnaires as…
Expectations for Parental Management of Dating in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Early Adolescents
This investigation examined mothers’ beliefs about important dating partner characteristics and expectations regarding management of dating in an ethnically diverse sample of 76 early adolescents and their mothers. Open-ended and structured questions were used to identify a range of dating partner characteristics which were important to mothers and a range of dating-management practices expected to be used by the mothers. Adolescents also reporte…
Parental Management of Peer Relationships and Early Adolescents’ Social Skills
Nonresident Fathers' Parenting Style and the Adjustment of Late-Adolescent Boys
This study investigates the relation between nonresident fathers' parenting style, mothers' parenting style and behaviors, and depression and antisocial behavior in a sample of late-adolescent boys ( n = 177). Hierarchical regression analyses were performed. Maternal psychological well-being was associated with fewer adolescent depression symptoms. When mothers had low or average amounts of aggravation in parenting, fathers' more authoritative pa…
Method Variance in Adolescents’, Mothers’, and Observers’ Reports of Peer Management
Economic stress, parenting, and adolescents’ adjustment during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Quantity and quality of maternal consulting
INTRODUCTION: The goal of this investigation was to understand the way in which the quantity and quality of maternal consulting are related to adolescents' peer victimization and loneliness and to examine whether these associations were moderated by adolescents' social competence. METHOD: = 12.39 years; 51.4% girls) and their mothers, living in the United States, completed questionnaires and were video recorded discussing hypothetical peer-relate…
Experiential Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Academic Impairment
The ways in which Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms lead to impairments in functioning, including academic performance, are not well understood. The present study sought to examine the role of a common maladaptive coping strategy, experiential avoidance, as a moderator of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and academic achievement. Participants ( N = 326) were undergraduate students enrolled in introductory …
Parents' prohibitions of peer relationships
Kaniusonyte and Laursen (2024) make an important contribution to our understanding of parental prohibitions of peer relationships and their relationship to other aspects of adolescent social functioning. This commentary develops several possible extensions to this interesting line of research with a goal of more specifically identifying the mechanisms that account for the relationships between prohibitions and adolescents' peer adjustment. Future…
Psychology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (22 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (9 works) · Peer group (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (7 works) · Ethnic group (6 works)