Gender differences in keeping secrets from parents in adolescence

Loes Keijsers; Susan J T Branje; Tom Frijns; Catrin Finkenauer; Wim Meeus

doi:10.1037/a0018115

Gender differences in keeping secrets from parents in adolescence

Loes Keijsers, Susan J T Branje, Tom Frijns, Catrin Finkenauer, Wim Meeus

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Abstract

The current longitudinal study examined adolescent gender differences in the developmental changes and relational correlates of secrecy from parents. For 4 successive years, starting in the second year of junior high (mean age at Time 1 = 13.2 years, SD = 0.51), 149 male and 160 female Dutch adolescents reported on secrecy from their parents and the quality of the parent-child relationship. Latent growth curve modeling revealed a linear increase in secrecy, which was significantly faster for boys than for girls. Moreover, cross-lagged panel analyses showed clear concurrent and longitudinal linkages between secrecy from parents and poorer parent-child relationship quality in girls. In boys, much less strong linkages were found between poorer relationships and secrecy from parents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-298
Journal	Developmental Psychology
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018115
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior/psychology
Adolescent Development
Communication
Confidentiality/psychology
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting/psychology
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires

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