At ages 13 and 16, we collected measures of the parents’ involvement with the youth in terms of the average amount of time in hours over the course of a week that the parents: 1) sit around and talk with their teen and 2) spend time with their teen doing things that the teen enjoys. Youths’ ratings were made at age 16, and mothers’ ratings were made at ages 13 and 16 (at age 16, mothers only reported on their involvement for cohort 1). Correlations between the two items ranged from .36 to .41 (p < .001), depending on the year and reporter. The correlation between youths’ and mothers’ ratings at age 16 was .28 (p < .001).
