Knowledge, Disclosure, Control and Solicitation

This 25-item measure asks adolescents will report how much knowledge their parents have regarding important aspects of their lives, how much adolescents disclose to their parents, and how much parents try to know about adolescents’ lives.

This measure was adapted from the following measures. 

• Youth Knowledge, Disclosure, Control, and Solicitation Scale (Stattin & Kerr 2000).

• Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (2000). Parental monitoring: A reinterpretation. Child Development, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00210

• Kapetanovic, S., Rothenberg, W. A., Lansford, J. E., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Peña Alampay, L., … Bacchini, D. (2020). Cross-cultural examination of links between parent–adolescent communication and adolescent psychological problems in 12 cultural groups. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(6), 1225-1244.
• Skinner, A. T., Godwin, J., Alampay, L. P., Lansford, J. E., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., & Yotanyamaneewong, S. (2021). Parent–adolescent relationship quality as a moderator of links between COVID-19 disruption and reported changes in mothers’ and young adults’ adjustment in five countries.Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1648–1666.
• Skinner, A.T., Gurdal, S., Chang, L., Oburu, P., & Tapanya, S. (in press). Dyadic coping, parental warmth, and adolescent externalizing behavior in four countries. Journal of Family Issues