TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of parents' control in early adolescents' psychological functioning
T2 - A longitudinal investigation in the United States and China
AU - Wang, Qian
AU - Pomerantz, Eva M.
AU - Chen, Huichang
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01085.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01085.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17883450
AN - SCOPUS:34748920010
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 78
SP - 1592
EP - 1610
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 5
ER -