Psychological Control and Internalizing Problems: The Mediating Role of Mother-Child Relationship Quality

IF 2.3 4区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Parenting-Science and Practice Pub Date : 2020-10-21 DOI:10.1080/15295192.2020.1831295

G. Xu, A. Bullock, Panpan Yang, Junsheng Liu

引用次数: 6

Abstract

SYNOPSIS Objective. This study examines the mediating role of mother-child relationship quality in the link between maternal psychological control and adolescent internalizing problems. Design. A sample of 938 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 11.24 years) self-reported their mother-child relationship quality, depressive symptoms, and loneliness; their mothers (Mage = 36.38 years) reported on psychological control. Results. Maternal psychological control at Time 1 (T1) was negatively associated with mother-child relationship quality at Time 2 (T2). Controlling for the effect of T1 adolescent internalizing problems, T2 mother-child relationship quality was negatively associated with T2 adolescent internalizing problems. T2 mother-child relationship quality fully mediated the relation between T1 psychological control and T2 internalizing problems. Conclusions. Declining maternal psychological control would improve relationships between adolescents and their mothers, in turn reducing adolescents’ internalizing problems.

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心理控制与内化问题:母子关系质量的中介作用

大纲的目标。本研究探讨了母子关系质量在母亲心理控制与青少年内化问题之间的中介作用。设计。938名中国青少年(年龄11.24岁)自我报告其母子关系质量、抑郁症状和孤独感;母亲(年龄36.38岁)有心理控制方面的报告。结果。时间1 (T1)母亲心理控制与时间2 (T2)母子关系质量呈负相关。在控制T1青少年内化问题的影响后，T2亲子关系质量与T2青少年内化问题呈负相关。T2母子关系质量完全中介T1心理控制与T2内化问题的关系。结论。母亲心理控制的减少将改善青少年与母亲之间的关系，从而减少青少年的内化问题。

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5.50

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4.50%

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期刊介绍： Parenting: Science and Practice strives to promote the exchange of empirical findings, theoretical perspectives, and methodological approaches from all disciplines that help to define and advance theory, research, and practice in parenting, caregiving, and childrearing broadly construed. "Parenting" is interpreted to include biological parents and grandparents, adoptive parents, nonparental caregivers, and others, including infrahuman parents. Articles on parenting itself, antecedents of parenting, parenting effects on parents and on children, the multiple contexts of parenting, and parenting interventions and education are all welcome. The journal brings parenting to science and science to parenting.