Conceptualizing Parental Autonomy Support: Adolescent Perceptions of Promotion of Independence versus Promotion of Volitional Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Soenens, Bart; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Lens, Willy; Luyckx, Koen; Goossens, Luc; Beyers, Wim; Ryan, Richard M.
Titel	Conceptualizing Parental Autonomy Support: Adolescent Perceptions of Promotion of Independence versus Promotion of Volitional Functioning
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 3, S.633-646 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Structural Equation Models; Personal Autonomy; Parent Child Relationship; Late Adolescents; Factor Analysis; Adjustment (to Environment); Predictor Variables; Individual Power; Decision Making; Adolescent Attitudes; Child Rearing; Males; Females + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Individuelle Autonomie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Halbstarker; Faktorenanalyse; Prädiktor; Eigeninitiative; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kindererziehung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	In current research on parenting, 2 ways of conceptualizing perceived parental autonomy support can be distinguished. Parental autonomy support can be defined in terms of promotion of independence (PI) or in terms of promotion of volitional functioning (PVF). This study aimed to establish the empirical distinctiveness of both conceptualizations and to examine their relative contribution to the prediction of adolescents' adjustment. The authors conducted 3 studies, 2 which sampled late adolescents (N = 396, mean age = 18.70 years, 79% female; and N = 495, mean age = 19.30 years, 74% female, respectively) and 1 which sampled middle adolescents (N = 153, mean age = 15.12 years, 70% female). Factor analyses pointed to the distinction between perceived PVF and PI. Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that whereas perceived PVF uniquely predicted adjustment (ps less than 0.01), perceived PI did not (ps greater than 0.05). SEM also demonstrated that adolescents' self-determined functioning significantly mediates the relationship between perceived parental PVF and adjustment (ps less than 0.001). Results are discussed in terms of the type of autonomy that parents might want to facilitate among their adolescents to foster well-being. (Author).
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