Maternal Knowledge as a Mediator of the Relation Between Maternal Psychological Control and Altruistic Prosocial, Instrumental Prosocial, and Antisocial Behavior

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly-Journal of Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI:10.13110/MERRPALMQUAR1982.65.2.0207

Athanasios Mouratidis, M. Sayıl, A. Kumru, Bilge Selçuk, B. Soenens

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Abstract:Past research has shown that, while psychological control increases the risk for adolescents' antisocial behavior, maternal knowledge of adolescents' activities decreases this risk. Yet, research is somewhat inconclusive about the role of psychologically controlling parenting in parental knowledge. Also, the role of both predictors in prosocial behavior remains largely unknown. In this 1-year, multi-informant, prospective study, we investigated these issues by recruiting a sample of Turkish early adolescents (N = 229, Mage = 11.89 years, SD = 0.32, 47.0% boys) and their mothers. After controlling for baseline adolescent-reported maternal knowledge, we found mother-reported psychological control to negatively predict adolescent-reported maternal knowledge 1 year later. In turn, maternal knowledge related negatively to antisocial behavior and positively to altruistic prosocial behavior (but not to instrumental prosocial behavior). These findings highlight the key role that maternal psychological control and knowledge can have in adolescents' social functioning.

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母亲知识在母亲心理控制与利他性亲社会行为、工具性亲社会行为和反社会行为之间的中介作用

摘要以往的研究表明，心理控制增加了青少年反社会行为的风险，而母亲对青少年活动的了解则降低了这种风险。然而，关于心理控制在父母知识中的作用，研究有些不确定。此外，这两种预测因素在亲社会行为中的作用在很大程度上仍然未知。在这项为期1年、多信息来源的前瞻性研究中，我们通过招募土耳其早期青少年(N = 229，年龄= 11.89岁，SD = 0.32, 47.0%为男孩)及其母亲来调查这些问题。在控制了基线青少年报告的母亲知识后，我们发现母亲报告的心理控制负向预测1年后青少年报告的母亲知识。母亲知识与反社会行为负相关，与利他性亲社会行为正相关(但与工具性亲社会行为无关)。这些发现强调了母亲的心理控制和知识在青少年社会功能中的关键作用。

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