Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Autonomy Support, and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Costa ◽  
Francesca Cuzzocrea ◽  
Maria C. Gugliandolo ◽  
Rosalba Larcan
Keyword(s):  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Psychological Outcomes ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Parental Psychological Control ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Need Frustration

scholarly journals Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: The role of psychological basic needs

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1168-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Costa ◽  
Maria C. Gugliandolo ◽  
Nadia Barberis ◽  
Francesca Cuzzocrea ◽  
Francesca Liga
Keyword(s):  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Parental Psychological Control ◽  
Supportive Parenting ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Need Frustration

Research suggests that psychologically controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting can be described within the Self-Determination Theory’s (SDT) framework. Two studies were conducted to examine (a) the role of parental need frustration as a predictor of parental psychological control, (b) the role of parental need satisfaction as a predictor of parental autonomy support, and (c) the role of parents’ psychological control and autonomy support in the intergenerational transmission of satisfaction and frustration of the psychological basic needs. Study 1 provided evidence, in a sample of 203 Italian coupled parents, that needs frustration and needs satisfaction represent distinct antecedents of psychological control and autonomy support. Study 2, showed that in 135 families, the intergenerational association between parents’ and adolescents’ need frustration was partially mediated by psychological control and autonomy support. Results clearly showed that parents who experienced high level of psychological needs frustration are more likely to use psychological control and in turn to promote a feeling of need frustration in their adolescents; differently, parents who experienced high levels of psychological needs satisfaction tend to exert more autonomy support in their relationship with their children and in turn adolescents tend to perceive higher level of needs satisfaction. These findings are discussed in light of SDT and underline the importance of needs in the parenting context and have implications for interventions.

The mediating role of maladaptive perfectionism in the association between psychological control and learned helplessness

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pina Filippello ◽  
Rosalba Larcan ◽  
Luana Sorrenti ◽  
Caterina Buzzai ◽  
Susanna Orecchio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Parental Psychological Control ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the extensive research on parental psychological control, no study has explored the relation between parental and teacher psychological control, maladaptive perfectionism and learned helplessness (LH). The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) whether perceived teacher psychological control predicts positively LH, (2) whether perceived parental psychological control predicts maladaptive perfectionism, and (3) whether the association between perceived parental and teacher psychological control and LH is mediated by maladaptive perfectionism. In a sample of 433 participants, 268 females (61.9%) and 165 males (38.1%), ranged in age from 13 to 19 years ( M = 15.38, standard deviation (SD) = 1.18), it was found that teacher psychological control has a more relevant role in the prediction of LH than parental control. Moreover, maladaptive perfectionism was a full mediator of the relationship between perceptions of teacher psychological control and LH. These results extend previous studies on teacher psychological control and, for the first time, provide evidence for the relation with LH, identifying maladaptive perfectionism as a variable that accounts for the relation between teacher psychological control and LH.

Parental Psychological Control and Aggression Among Adolescents: Mediating Role of Emotional Dysregulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-564
Author(s):  
Faiza Safdar ◽  
Nashva Khan
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Peer Conflict ◽  
Parental Psychological Control ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Purposive Sample

The present research examined the relationship between parental psychological control, emotional dysregulation, and aggression among adolescents. It was also intended to determine the mediating role of emotional dysregulation in the relationship between parental psychological control and aggression. It was a correlational study and purposive sample of 350 (n = 176 girls, n = 174 boys) students from school and college aged between 13 to 18 years (M = 15.77; SD = 1.37) were included in the present study. Dependency Oriented and Achievement Oriented Psychological Control Scales (Soenens, Vansteenkiste, & Luyten, 2010), Peer Conflict Scale-Youth version (Marsee & Frick, 2007), and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (Gratz & Roemer, 2004) were administered to measure the constructs under study. Results revealed significant relationship among variables. Mediation analysis revealed that emotional dysregulation significantly mediated the relationship between parental psychological control and aggression among adolescents. The results were discussed in the context of previous literature and culture of Pakistan.

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