| The study investigated how demographic background, level of deviance, and familial and peer factors are related to the frequency of adolescent's disclosing incidents of peers' antisocial behavior to parents. A group of junior high and high school students from Taiwan participated ( N = 1,356; M age = 14.9 years; 57.0% female). Analyses of self-report surveys indicated that Taiwanese adolescents who engaged in fewer antisocial behaviors, felt closer to their mothers, or perceived that disclosure of peers' antisocial behavior is acceptable by peer group norms disclosed incidents of peers' antisocial behavior more frequently. In addition, adolescents disclosed more when they perceived the projected changes to friendship following disclosure more salient, especially when they rated their friendship as important. Finally, adolescents who held that parents have more of a right to know peer information disclosed more frequently, and this relationship was stronger for those who adhered to a higher level of collectivistic familism. The findings highlight the salience of peer factors in the disclosure process for adolescents in a collectivistic culture. |
