Parental
psychological control dimensions: Connections with Russian preschoolers» physical and relational agression.
Not exact matches
Analyzing parenting
dimensions, we found significant differences between various types of
control including authoritative, authoritarian, behavioral and
psychological control, with the highest effect sizes for
psychological control.
In the present analysis, this
dimension is separated into either authoritative
control and authoritarian
control or behavioral
control and
psychological control.
Parenting behaviors (behaviors of parents directed to the child) were assigned to the parenting
dimensions: (1) support, (2) authoritative
control, (3) authoritarian
control, (4) behavioral
control — including active monitoring3, (5)
psychological control, (6) general
control — concepts that are too broad for classification in a specific kind of
control, (7) general parenting — aspects that covered both support and
control, (8) indirect parenting behavior — parental knowledge and child disclosure (see footnote 3), and (9) other parenting — all remaining parenting that did not fit the other categories (e.g., fairness of discipline, co-parenting).
Three
dimensions of parenting style that have been repeatedly identified in the literature were examined in the present study: (a)
psychological control (regulating an adolescent's thoughts and opinions through guilt and criticism), (b) firm
control (managing the adolescent's behavior by closely monitoring activities and setting behavioral limits), and (c) acceptance (parental demonstrations of love and support).
Within the remaining parenting
dimensions (i.e., authoritative, authoritarian and
psychological control), mean effect sizes of discrete parenting behaviors were relatively similar (Table 2).
To examine the role of diabetes - specific parental regulation and general parenting
dimensions (responsiveness and
psychological control) in treatment adherence throughout adolescence and emerging adulthood.
Interventions should not only focus on aspects of behavioral
control such as restrictiveness, consistency in discipline, and monitoring, but should also target parenting
dimensions such as
psychological control and negative aspects of support.
The purpose of the present study was to examine aspects of adolescent well - being (depressive symptoms, self - efficacy for diabetes management, and adherence) and the associations with adolescents» and mothers» perceptions of three
dimensions of maternal parenting style (
psychological control, firm
control, and acceptance).
The CRPBI is a 108 - item scale that taps three
dimensions of parenting behavior: firm / lax
control, acceptance / rejection, and
psychological autonomy /
psychological control.
Barber, Stolz, Olsen, Collins, and Burchinal (2005) have argued that
control may include distinct behavioral and
psychological dimensions, each impacting specific areas of children's development.
Regarding the father's parenting practices, results indicate that there are significant differences in the
dimensions of inductive discipline F (2,297) = 13.8, α = 0.000; strict discipline F (2,297) = 5.09, α = 0.007; affect F (2,297) = 9.8, α = 0.000; behavior
control F (2,297) = 3.8, α = 0.024; autonomy support F (2,297) = 13.4, α = 0.000;
psychological control F (2,297) = 4.8, α = 0.009; and revelation F (2,297) = 3.8, α = 0.023.
For the present study, we used only the following
dimensions: Affect and communication, Promotion of autonomy, Behavior
control,
Psychological control, and Revelation, which together completed the construct
control, along with the three forms of discipline assessed by the instrument described above.
Finally, the third profile or cluster, corresponding to an adequate combination of emotional skills, is associated with higher scores on
dimensions considered positive: inductive discipline, affect, and autonomy support from father and mother, and at the same time, lower scores on the
dimensions considered to be negative, namely, father's strict discipline and
psychological control.
Internal consistency of
dimensions was high: Affect and communication (α = 0.92), Promotion of autonomy (α = 0.88), behavior
control (α = 0.82),
psychological control (α = 0.86), revelation (α = 0.85), and Humor (α = 0.88).
These questions constitute the basis for carrying out the present study, which analyze relations between a substantial number of fathers» and mothers» parenting practices (affect, inductive discipline, strict discipline, permissive discipline, autonomy support, behavior
control,
psychological control, and revelation) and the main
dimensions of emotional intelligence, in college students.
Traditional models of childhood anxiety focused primarily on broad parenting
dimensions of acceptance and
psychological control (see Gerlsma, Emmelkamp, & Arrindell, 1990; Masia & Morris, 1998; Rapee, 1997).
The cross-lagged effects of perceived
psychological control remained significant after
controlling for two important parenting
dimensions (i.e., parental responsiveness and behavioral
control; Study 1) and were found in all types of parent - adolescent dyads except for the mother - daughter dyad (Study 2).