Association between daily parental surveillance and adolescent privacy and autonomy.
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: = 3,588 survey days) used a 4-week daily diary design to examine the association between parents' daily use of parental monitoring behaviors and adolescents' daily experiences of privacy and autonomy. Parental surveillance technology use was associated with adolescents' feelings of privacy invasion the following day, but there was little evidence of an association between parents' surveillance technology use and adolescents' feelings of privacy invasion and autonomy on the same day. Results indicate that parental surveillance technology use may impact adolescents' feelings of privacy invasion but may not have broad negative impacts on other adolescent development needs, like autonomy, on a day-to-day basis. While parental surveillance technology is intended to support adolescents' physical safety, this work highlights the psychological impacts of its use and the ways it may hinder adolescent development on a daily level. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
Source: Developmental Psychology
DOI: 10.1037/dev0002280
Institutions: The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7224219615