The Relationships between Parental Psychological Control and Life Satisfaction : The Mediating Role of Self Concept Clarity and Emotion Regulation

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.

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

Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research ◽

10.33824/pjpr.2019.34.3.30 ◽

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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Grandparents’ Parenting on Children’s Internalizing Symptoms: The Serial Mediation of Parents’ Psychological Control and Children’s Emotion Regulation

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x18804284 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (17) ◽

pp. 3996-4018 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jia Li ◽

Nigela Ahemaitijiang ◽

Zhuo Rachel Han ◽

Zhuyun Jin

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Intergenerational Transmission ◽

Internalizing Problems ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Parental Psychological Control ◽

Behavioral Observations ◽

Children's Emotion ◽

Serial Mediation

The current study aimed to investigate the intergenerational transmission of parenting and internalizing problems in children. Serial mediation models were used to assess parental psychological control and child emotion regulation as mediators in linking grandparents’ parenting (care or overprotection) and children’s internalizing problems. The sample consisted of 150 Chinese children ( Mage = 8.54, SD = 1.67) and their parents. The parents reported the grandparents’ parenting and children’s internalizing problems, and the children reported on their emotion regulation. Both the children’s ratings and behavioral observations were used to assess the parents’ psychological control. The results showed that grandmothers’ parenting was significantly associated with children’s internalizing problems, and this relationship was mediated by perceived (but not observed) parental psychological control and children’s emotion regulation. These results highlighted the differential role of children’s perceptions of parental control and the observed parental psychological control on internalizing symptoms in children.

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The Mediating Role of Experiences of Need Satisfaction in Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Internalizing Problems: A Study Among Italian College Students

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-014-9919-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 1106-1116 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Sebastiano Costa ◽

Bart Soenens ◽

Maria C. Gugliandolo ◽

Francesca Cuzzocrea ◽

Rosalba Larcan

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Internalizing Problems ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Parental Psychological Control ◽

Mediating Role

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Asian “Guan” Parenting and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Filial Piety

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.746540 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Sarvarubini Nainee ◽

Soon-Aun Tan ◽

Chee-Seng Tan ◽

Su-Wan Gan ◽

Jo-Pei Tan

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Filial Piety ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Self Disclosure ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

Literature on adolescent development has shown that parenting practices have positive relationships with adolescents’ life satisfaction. Adolescents’ life satisfaction improves when they have parents low in psychological control who uphold reciprocal self-disclosure in their communication. Guan parenting was found to correlate positively with adolescents’ development. Therefore, it is methodologically important to replicate the investigation on the relationship between adolescents’ life satisfaction and Guan parenting. Literature suggests that filial piety is shaped by parenting practices and adolescents who perceived intense parental concern, care, and involvement tend to uphold filial piety and express gratitude toward parents which may promote the adolescents’ life satisfaction. In this study, mediation analysis was done to elucidate the relationship among parents’ guan parenting style, filial piety, and life satisfaction on 606 adolescents (Mage=15.07; SDage=1.03; 52.1% females) in Malaysia. The adolescents were sampled through cluster sampling, and data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The results showed positive relationship between paternal and maternal guan parenting with filial piety and adolescents’ life satisfaction. Greater parents’ filial piety was linked to higher life satisfaction among adolescents. Findings from the mediation models indicated the association among guan parenting with filial piety, gratitude toward parents, and higher life satisfaction. The findings also offered empirical evidence to the underlying mechanism of how guan parenting could affect adolescent life satisfaction via the mediating role of filial piety. The findings also supported the importance of culture-infused parenting in inculcating adolescents’ filial piety besides establishing its link to life satisfaction in Asian families.

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