A theoretical review of parental knowledge regarding adolescence, based on research conducted within the framework of the HBSC-Spain study

Abstract

Parental knowledge is a relevant family dimension in the developmental stage of adolescence. This family dimension has been one of the objects of analysis within Spanish team of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. The aim of this work is to do a theoretical revision of the main published works and carried out within the HBSC study in Spain in relation with parental knowledge. These works have allowed to study the evolution of parental knowledge in different editions 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 of the HBSC study, to analyze family dimensions involved in that fathers and mothers get knowledge about their adolescent children, and to examine possible consequences of parental knowledge on adolescent boys’ and girls’ substance use and well-being. Therefore, these works have contributed to increase scientific knowledge and to provide with interesting practical implications about parental knowledge in adolescence.