ERIC Number: EJ775660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 19
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The Role of Parents' Control in Early Adolescents' Psychological Functioning: A Longitudinal Investigation in the United States and China
Wang, Qian; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Chen, Huichang
Child Development, v78 n5 p1592-1610 Sep-Oct 2007
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.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Psychology, Parent Role, Cultural Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Autonomy, Early Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Cross Cultural Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Parenting Styles, Mental Health, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Emotional Response
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; United States
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