Adolescent Perceptions of Parental Privacy Invasion and Adolescent Secrecy: An Illustration of Simpson's Paradox. Issue 6 (27th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dietvorst, Evelien; Hiemstra, Marieke; Hillegers, Manon H.J.; Keijsers, Loes
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 89:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 2081
• Page End: 2090
• Publication Date: 2017-11-27
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : Adolescents' secrecy is intertwined with perception of parents' behaviors as acts of privacy invasion. It is currently untested, however, how this transactional process operates at the within‐person level—where these causal processes take place. Dutch adolescents ( n = 244, M age = 13.84, 38.50% boys) reported three times on perceived parental privacy invasion and secrecy. Cross‐lagged panel models (CLPM) confirmed earlier findings. Privacy invasion predicted increased secrecy, but a reverse effect was found from increased secrecy to increased privacy invasion. Controlling for confounding positive group‐level associations with a novel random intercept CLPM, negative within‐person associations were found. Higher levels of secrecy predicted lower levels of privacy invasive behaviors at the within‐person level. These opposing findings within‐ versus between‐persons illustrate a Simpson's paradox.