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

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 p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child development 2007-09, Vol.78 (5), p.1592-1610
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Qian, Pomerantz, Eva M., Chen, Huichang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Achievement Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adolescents Autonomy Biological and medical sciences Child Child development Child psychology China Chinese culture Cross Cultural Studies Cross-Cultural Comparison Cultural Differences Cultural psychology Developmental psychology Early Adolescents Emotional Response Emotional states Emotional support Empirical Articles Family environment Family life Family relations Family studies Female Foreign Countries Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Grade 7 Guilt Humans Individuation Interpersonal relations Kinship Longitudinal Studies Love Male Mental Health Parent Child Relationship Parent Role Parent-child relations Parenting Parenting - psychology Parenting Styles Parents Parents & parenting Personal Autonomy Predictor Variables Psychological aspects Psychological Patterns Psychological research Psychology Psychology, Adolescent Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Shame Social interaction Social Support Social Values Socialization Teenagers U.S.A United States
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0009-3920 1467-8624
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01085.x