The Role of Parents' Control in Early Adolescents' Psychological Functioning: A Longitudinal Investigation in the United States and China

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Qian; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Chen, Huichang
Titel	The Role of Parents' Control in Early Adolescents' Psychological Functioning: A Longitudinal Investigation in the United States and China
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 5, S.1592-1610 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01085.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 7; Psychology; Parent Role; Cultural Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Personal Autonomy; Early Adolescents; Psychological Patterns; Cross Cultural Studies; Longitudinal Studies; Parenting Styles; Mental Health; Academic Achievement; Predictor Variables; Emotional Response; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Psychologie; Parental role; Elternrolle; Kultureller Unterschied; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Individuelle Autonomie; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Psychohygiene; Schulleistung; Prädiktor; Emotionales Verhalten; USA
Abstract	This research compared the effects over time of parents' control and autonomy support on children's functioning in the United States and China. American and Chinese (N = 806) seventh graders (mean age = 12.73 years) participated in a 6-month longitudinal study. Children reported on their parents' psychological control, psychological autonomy support, behavioral control, and their own emotional and academic functioning. Children's grades were obtained. Supporting cultural similarities, in both countries over time, parents' psychological control predicted children's dampened emotional functioning, parents' psychological autonomy support predicted children's enhanced emotional and academic functioning, and parents' behavioral control predicted children's enhanced academic functioning. Supporting cultural differences, the beneficial effects of parents' psychological autonomy support were generally stronger in the United States than in China. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10