Raising Adolescent Children as a Developmental Task of Iranian Middle-aged Mothers: A Qualitative Study.
Fatemeh Fallahi, Monireh Anoosheh, Mahshid Foroughan and 2 others
PMID 35372634WHAT IT FOUND
Middle-aged Iranian mothers described raising adolescents through meeting emotional, health and financial needs, building trust with privacy and indirect monitoring, encouraging independence, modeling behavior, teaching social norms, and preparing them for education, financial management and marriage.
Key findings
01Mothers described broad parenting themes: laying the groundwork for upbringing and individual-social capacity building.
02Groundwork included meeting emotional, health and financial needs and building trust through privacy, reasoning and indirect monitoring.
03Capacity building included independence, role modeling, social norms and peer interaction, and preparation for education, financial management and marriage.
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What it does not show
The study asked mothers to describe their own parenting, so it captures what they said they did rather than what adolescents or fathers experienced. It included only married women with healthy adolescent children and no mental disorders, so it may not apply to unmarried women, families with illness or disability, or mothers with mental disorders. The findings come from a single city in Iran and a purposive sample recruited through health centers, so they may not transfer to other cultures or settings. Gender stereotypes and gender socialization were not considered. The analysis was conventional content analysis rather than a deductive theory-driven analysis.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that these parenting strategies improve adolescent development or mental health. The study reports mothers' described practices, not measured adolescent outcomes.