Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 7 no. 8 (2026)

Mapping Teenage Rebellion, Autonomy, and Parent–Child Conflict in Southeast Asian Families: A Scoping Review

Rudyard Leroy A. Benemerito | Zsui M. Gabriana | Venice Ann F. Venturina | Myla M. Arcinas

Discipline: Applied Psychology

 

Abstract:

Teenage rebellion is a familiar lay term, yet how it is conceptualized and studied within Southeast Asian families-settings shaped by collectivist values, filial piety, and strong parental authority-remains unclear. This scoping review mapped the available evidence as a necessary first step toward more focused empirical work. Following the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley as refined by Levac and colleagues and reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews, two data- bases were searched for peer-reviewed, English-language studies pub- lished between January 2000 and January 2025 on adolescents aged 13 to 19 years living with their families in Southeast Asia. Records were screened against pre-specified eligibility criteria, and data were charted in response to five research questions. Ten studies from six countries (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia) were included. Only two studies named rebellion directly; most used proxy constructs such as risk taking, conduct problems, aggression, chil- dren beyond control, and emotional and behavioral problems. Family conflict, weak parental monitoring or support, peer influence, and socio- economic strain were the most consistently reported contributing fac- tors. Manifestations centered on defiance, withdrawal, and conflict, whereas outcomes ranged from distress and risk behavior to, in support- ive families, prosocial behavior and well-being. Designs were over- whelmingly cross-sectional. Southeast Asian research approaches ado- lescent rebellion obliquely, through related constructs and predomi- nantly cross-sectional designs. The field would benefit from clearer con- ceptualization, qualitative work centering adolescents' voices, longitudi- nal designs, culturally grounded frameworks, and more country-specific evidence.



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