Do Personality Traits Moderate Relations Between Psychologically Controlling Parenting and Problem Behavior in Adolescents?
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This research examined whether and how adolescents' personality traits moderate associations between psychologically controlling parenting and problem behaviors. On the basis of self‐determination theory, we also examined the mediating role of psychological need frustration in the effects of psychologically controlling parenting. A cross‐sectional study in two samples (N = 423 and 292; Mage = 12.43 and 15.74 years) was conducted. While in Sample 1 both mothers and adolescents provided reports of parenting and problem behavior, Sample 2 relied on adolescent‐reported parenting and mother‐reported problem behavior. Psychologically controlling parenting was related to internalizing and externalizing problems in both samples. Little systematic evidence was obtained for the moderating role of personality, with the exception of a moderating effect of Agreeableness. In both samples, psychological control was unrelated to externalizing problems among adolescents high on Agreeableness. Analyses of Sample 2 showed that associations between psychological control and problem behavior were mediated by psychological need frustration. Adolescent personality plays a modest role as a moderator of associations between psychologically controlling parenting and problem behavior. Frustration of adolescents' basic and universal psychological needs can account for the undermining effects of psychologically controlling parenting. Directions for future research are discussed.
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Big Five personality traits and differences in need strength have not been shown to reliably affect the functional role of need satisfactions on developmental outcomes.
“Similarly, Big Five personality traits (Mabbe et al. 2016) and differences in need strength (e.g., Sheldon et al. 2001) have not been shown to reliably affect the functional role of need satisfactions on developmental outcomes.”
From Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions (2020) · cites this paper as Mabbe et al. 2016
The Primary Analyses report that none of the Big Five traits significantly moderated the association between need frustration and adolescents’ problem behaviors. However, the Methods section says the study measured need frustration rather than need satisfaction, and its outcomes were problem behaviors rather than developmental outcomes generally. The separate claim about need strength is attributed to Sheldon et al., not to this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPsychologically controlling parenting has been found to relate to more internalizing problems irrespective of children's Big Five personality traits but to relate to externalizing problems mainly among children low on agreeableness.
“Similarly, psychologically controlling parenting (i.e., a specific type of need-thwarting parenting characterized by love withdrawal and guilt-induction) has been found to relate to more internalizing problems irrespective of children's Big Five personality traits but to relate to externalizing problems mainly among children low on agreeableness (Mabbe et al. 2016).”
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The Primary Analyses (page not provided) find that psychological control was related to externalizing problems among adolescents low in Agreeableness, but not those high in Agreeableness. The claim overstates the internalizing finding: in Sample 1, mother-reported psychological control was unrelated to internalizing problems among adolescents high in Extraversion or Emotional Stability, although adolescent-reported control showed no such moderation. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBasic psychological needs are universally applicable and operative, and thus relevant for individuals regardless of demographic characteristics, personality, or cultural background.
“If psychological needs are inherent, they should be universally applicable and operative (Ryan and Deci 2017), and thus relevant for individuals regardless of their demographic characteristics (e.g., age, nationality, gender; Henning et al. 2019), personality (e.g., Mabbe et al. 2016), or cultural background (e.g., Benita et al. 2020).”
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- Authors
- Mabbe, E., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Leeuwen, K.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- KULeuven
- Corresponding author
- Mabbe, Elien
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-04-09
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 381-392
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W1907569723
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 10.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Keywords
- psychological control, parenting, adolescent behavior problems, personality traits, agreeableness, need frustration, self-determination theory, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, moderation, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Problem Behavior, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Authoritarianism, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Personality, Parenting, Personal Autonomy
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