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Original Articles

Ecological Systems Theory: The Person in the Center of the Circles

Pages 203-217 | Published online: 05 Dec 2007
 

Abstract

Simplistic presentations of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory focus on its attention to context. Although this accurately represents the first phase of Bronfenbrenner's work, it is argued that the core feature of Bronfenbrenner's later work is its attention to the patterning and interrelationship of multiple determinants of development and on the active role of the developing person. After a review of key elements of the development of Bronfenbrenner's work, current research on parental monitoring and knowledge is discussed as embodying many of the core elements of systems theory.

Notes

Darling, N., Cumsille, P., Peña-Alampay, L., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2007). Individual and issue-specific differences in parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure as a function of parenting and adolescent beliefs: A study of youth in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States. Unpublished manuscript.

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