Parent Child Communication Case Study

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According to the understanding and knowledge of Developmental Psychology, examining the relationship between a parent and child communication skills becomes an important issue in today’s society. Parents should be aware of this stage within their child(rens) life. With the help of an article, defining the importance and performance of developing adolescences will be discussed. Analyzing psychology as a science, mapped out the theoretically plausible developmental changes in parent-child communication. Developmental psychology is the study of how and why an individual change over time. As a parent and child develop individually, many skills and behaviors increase and decrease. In this case, their communication seems to have a downfall as …show more content…

The problem in the study is the disclosure and secrecy towards the parents who are not aware and in control of the whereabouts and decisions of their adolescence behaviors. Personally, parents are uncomfortable and worried about their child’s actions. Ethical Standard 2.01b of the APA Code of Conduct express the professional knowledge on the discipline understanding of factors associated with age, gender, etc. to have or obtain the training, experience, and supervision necessary to resolve the issue. The rules and restrictions from the parents are misused because of their inexperience of the adolescence development style. In regard to disclosure, Standard 4.05b express the way psychologist disclose confidential information without the consent to protect the individual from any harm, but to provide any professional services (American Psychological Association, 2010). For example, on the Billy discussion in week four, as a 12 year old, he held disclosure and secrecy actions (drugs) without his parent’s knowledge. To resolve his issue, he attempted to seek professional help through a therapist without a parental consent. Compared to the article, one of the participants could have addicting issues that thought about seeking help without their parent’s knowledge. This particular issue may be a reason why an …show more content…

Horsley & Patterson (2006) adolescences faced physical and emotional issues. After the death of a sibling, adolescent became distant and “shut down” from everyone. From the help of their parents, they were able to overcome the emotional experiences. Parents expresses how much they had to communicate with her daughter after the death of the other daughter (Horsley & Patterson, 2006). Compared to the study, the child became distance and show signs of disclosure from the death of a sibling, causing the parent-child communicating relationship to get stronger over time. Markel & Wiener (2014) explained the conflict between parents and adolescents with ADHD becoming an issue for the family. Many families of 13 to 17 year old adolescents with ADHD was examined on their behavior compared to normal adolescents. Individuals with ADHD showed signs of ongoing patterns of hyperactivities such as yelling, screaming, constant talking, tapping, and other inattention actions that interfered with their functioning and developmental skills. Compared to normal adolescents, parent explains the difficult tasks that took place to get their child to behave in an orderly manner. Frustrated parents gained patience and often lost parental control of their child (Markel & Wiener, 2014). Compared to the study, parental

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