Parents have adopted a variety of strategies for monitoring their adolescent children; yet, some strategies are more strongly associated with risk-taking during adolescence. The present study examined how age moderates the association between parental monitoring and adolescent risk-taking. Participants (N = 117, M_age = 15.21 years) were predominantly female (64.1%), and the largest racial/ethnic group in the sample was Asian (57.3%). Participants’ reports of risk behavior were regressed on participants’ reports of parental monitoring, and age was explored quadratically as a curvilinear moderator. Among more frequently monitored adolescents, risk-taking was lower in mid-adolescence and higher in later adolescence; among less frequently monitored adolescents, risk-taking was higher in early and mid-adolescence and lower in later adolescence (R² = 0.26, p < 0.01). Parents should consider age-related developmental changes in adolescence (e.g., increased need for autonomy) and modify their monitoring efforts to match youths’ developmental needs.

父母采取了多种策略来监督他们的青春期孩子；然而，一些策略与青春期的冒险行为更密切相关。本研究调查了年龄如何调节父母监督与青少年冒险行为之间的关联。参与者（N  = 117，M_年龄 = 15.21 岁）主要是女性（64.1%），样本中最大的种族/民族群体是亚洲人（57.3%）。参与者的风险行为报告根据参与者的父母监控报告进行回归，年龄作为曲线调节剂进行二次探索。在更频繁监测的青少年中，冒险行为在青春期中期较低，而在青春期后期较高；在监测次数较少的青少年中，冒险行为在青春期早期和中期较高，而在青春期后期较低（R ²  = 0.26，p  < 0.01）。父母应考虑青春期与年龄相关的发育变化（例如，对自主性的需求增加），并调整他们的监测工作以适应青少年的发育需求。