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This research explores how parental attitudes influence adolescent exploration and agency development.

April 1, 2026Open Access

They Hold Me Back: The Dynamic Interplay of Parental Discouragement of Exploration, Parental Metaemotion and Adolescent's Sense of Agency

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This research explores how parental attitudes influence adolescent exploration and agency development.
Analyzed parent-child relationship processes
Investigated parental metaemotion
Explored adolescent self-development through qualitative methods
Parental discouragement negatively affects adolescent exploration.
Positive family dynamics enhance adolescents' sense of agency.
Mutual influences between parents and adolescents shape development outcomes.

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The study offers novel insights into the dynamic and reciprocal processes through which family relationships and adolescent self-development co-evolve. The findings underscore the importance of family-focused interventions that consider the mutual influence between parent-child relationship processes and the development of adolescent agency.

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Filipa Nunes

Catarina Pinheiro Mota

Tiago Ferreira

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Journal of Adolescence

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University College London

Universidade do Porto

UK Dementia Research Institute

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