1 General introduction 17 psychosocial functioning, meaning that a (perceived) increase in parental psychological control precedes a decline in the adolescent’s functioning (Soenens et al., 2019; Soenens & Vansteenkiste, 2010). Moreover, several theories acknowledge that these dynamic parenting processes unfold across various timescales, from micro- to macro-timescales. Macro developmental theories, including bio(psychosocial) ecological models (Bronfenbrenner, 2005; Sameroff, 2010) and the dynamic systems perspective (Granic et al., 2008; Smith & Thelen, 2003), posit that parents and adolescents influence each other on a microtimescale, such as in real-time face-to-face interaction. Micro-timescale influences may instigate longer-term developmental changes in the adolescent (and in the parent) if these micro-timescale influences “occur on a fairly regular basis over extended period of time” (Bronfenbrenner, 2005, p. 6). However, to my knowledge, the length of this “extended period of time” has not been made explicit. Perhaps micro-timescales influences between parents and adolescents need to persist on at least a meso-timescale (e.g., weeks to months) to have an impact on adolescents’ developmental outcomes (e.g., internalizing and externalizing problems). Figure 2 Theoretical model of the dynamic processes between parenting and adolescent functioning within families Parenting Adolescent functioning
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