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May 19, 2026Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Examining bidirectional associations between overprotective parenting and adolescent problem behaviors: a multiverse analysis

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NFNele FlamantUniversity College GhentBSBart SoenensUniversity College GhentHTHenning TiemeierHarvard University

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Implication

Randomized trial examines overprotective parenting's influence on adolescent problem behaviors, suggesting a directional effect.

Key Points

  • This study aims to investigate the bidirectional relationships between overprotective parenting and adolescents' problem behaviors over time.
  • Utilized two-wave repeated-measures data with a two-year interval from the Flemish Study on Parenting, Personality, and Development (FSPPD) involving 588 adolescents and their parents and teachers.
  • Collected reports on parental overprotection and adolescents' externalizing and internalizing behaviors from parents, adolescents, and teachers.
  • Estimated latent change models within a multiverse framework to analyze the data.
  • Adolescents with more overprotective parents showed a greater increase in problem behaviors compared to those with less overprotective parents.
  • Findings primarily support the direction that overprotective parenting negatively influences adolescents' functioning over two years.

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Flamant et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0bfdc7166b51b53d3790aehttps://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70166
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