Journal Article10.1111/J.1467-8624.1996.TB01915.X
Parental psychological control: Revisiting a neglected construct.
TL;DR: The article traces the history of the construct of parental psychological control of children, and distinguishes psychological control theoretically and empirically from more behaviorally oriented control.
read more
Abstract: This article argues for the value in socialization research of focusing explicitly on the construct of parental psychological control of children--control that constrains, invalidates, and manipulates children's psychological and emotional experience and expression. The article traces the history of the construct and distinguishes psychological control theoretically and empirically from more behaviorally oriented control. 2 new measures of psychological control are developed. Data from 3 separate studies are presented which indicate that psychological control can be adequately measured across demographically varied samples and mode of measurement. In both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, psychological control, particularly as perceived by preadolescents and adolescents, is consistently predictive of youth internalized problems (depression) and, in some cases, externalized problems (delinquency). In contrast, behavioral control is related primarily to externalized problems.
read more
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Find similar papers on Google Scholar, PubMed and Arxiv
Write a critical review of this paper
Analyze citations of this paper to find unaddressed research gaps
Citations
Etiology of preschool behavior problems: Contributions of temperament attributes in early childhood
TL;DR: Trait-by-trait moderation occurred, such that negative emotionality was most closely related to behavior problems when orienting/regulatory capacity or effortful control was low or when infant surgency was high.
291
Family Resilience: Moving into the Third Wave
Carolyn S. Henry,Amanda Sheffield Morris,A. Harrist +2 more
- 01 Feb 2015
TL;DR: Family resilience has progressed through two waves and is poised for Wave 3. The third wave emphasizes increased consistency in terminology, integration of existing models, focus on trajectories and cascades, and enhanced prevention, intervention, and policy.
291
Toward a Domain-Specific Approach to the Study of Parental Psychological Control: Distinguishing Between Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control
TL;DR: It is argued that the distinction between two domain-specific expressions of psychological control may allow for a more intricate analysis of the processes involved in intrusive parenting.
Parental psychological control and dimensions of identity formation in emerging adulthood.
TL;DR: Rec reciprocal effects were found: Psychological control inhibited progress in both commitment dimensions, whereas exploration in breadth led to increased psychological control, which has provided suggestions for helping emerging adults to approach the task of identity formation.
Congruence of Parents' and Children's Perceptions of Parenting: A Meta-Analysis.
TL;DR: A systematic, quantitative review of parent–child agreement and discrepancy about parenting behaviors, and potential moderators (e.g., children’s age, race, clinical status, family intactness) of the extent of mother–child and father–child congruence, highlights the need for further research about the meaning of parent-child incongruence, its relation to children”s psychopathology, and interventions for reducing it.
262
References
Causes of delinquency
Travis Hirschi
- 28 Jul 2017
TL;DR: In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachments, the aspirations, and the moral beliefs that bind most people to a life within the law.
6.5K
The stress process.
TL;DR: This study takes involuntary job disruptions as illustrating life events and shows how they adversely affect enduring role strains, economic strains in particular, which erode positive concepts of self, such as self-esteem and mastery.
6.1K