Parenting behaviour and adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: the role of self-control
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Cross-sectional data from 1359 boys and girls aged 10–14 years investigated whether parenting behaviours are directly or indirectly (through building self-control) associated with emotional (depression, stress, low self-esteem) and behavioural (delinquency, aggression) problems among adolescents. Replicating existing findings, both types of problems were directly, negatively related to adaptive parenting behaviour (high parental acceptance, strict control and monitoring, and little use of manipulative psychological control). Extending existing findings, self-control partially mediated the link between parenting behaviour and adolescent emotional and behavioural problems. Contrary to earlier suggestions, there was no sign that high self-control was associated with drawbacks or increased risk of psychosocial problems.
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Viewing one's parent as restrictive and psychological controlling was associated with depression.
“Viewing one's parent as restrictive and psychological controlling was associated with depression”
From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Finkenauer et al. (2005)
The indexed Abstract links greater use of manipulative psychological control with adolescent emotional problems, including depression. It reports the opposite direction for strict parental control: higher strict control was part of adaptive parenting associated with fewer problems. Thus it does not support the claim about viewing a parent as restrictive. (LLM, conf=0.76)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThirteen of 15 studies found a relationship between parental control and depression.
“13 of 15 studies found a relationship between parental control and depression”
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The Abstract (page unavailable) reports a relationship between adaptive parenting behaviour, including parental control, and adolescent emotional problems, including depression. It does not report a review of 15 studies or say that 13 found this relationship; searches for those figures found no matching passage. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Baumeister, R. F.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Florida State University (US)
- Venue
- International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 58-69
- ISSN
- 0165-0254 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0651
- OpenAlex
- W2165590026
- Cited by
- 475
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.vu.nl
- Locations
- International Journal of Behavioral Development (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Keywords
- parenting behaviour, adolescent emotional problems, adolescent behavior problems, self-control, mediation, parental acceptance, parental supervision, psychological control, delinquency, aggression, depression, stress, self-esteem
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