Parents' Right to Know

What is it about?

Teens who believe that parents have a right to know about their behavior conceal less information over time from parents, but when mothers have those same beliefs (believe they have more of a right to know about teen behavior) teens actually conceal MORE over time. Teen beliefs only reduce concealment when mothers don't have strong beliefs in their own right to know.

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Why is it important?

This is one of the first studies to directly examine right to know beliefs as they relate to disclosure and concealment of information. Methodologically, this article is cutting edge in its use of latent change scores to predict change over time and in using interaction terms to examine the effects of informant differences (in beliefs about parental right to know).