Parental psychological control and adolescent social problems: The mediating effect of emotion regulation

Guoying Qian; Yufeng Wu; Yufeng Wu; Yufeng Wu; Wei Wang; Lan Li; Xiaoyu Hu; Xiaoyu Hu; Xiaoyu Hu; Ruonan Li; Chunyu Liu; Ao Huang; Ruiqi Han; Yu An; Gang Dou

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.995211

Frontiers in Psychiatry (Oct 2022)

Parental psychological control and adolescent social problems: The mediating effect of emotion regulation

Guoying Qian,
Yufeng Wu,
Yufeng Wu,
Yufeng Wu,
Wei Wang,
Lan Li,
Xiaoyu Hu,
Xiaoyu Hu,
Xiaoyu Hu,
Ruonan Li,
Chunyu Liu,
Ao Huang,
Ruiqi Han,
Yu An,
Gang Dou

Affiliations

Guoying Qian: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Yufeng Wu: School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China
Yufeng Wu: Research Center of Jiangxi Social Psychological Service System Construction, Nanchang, China
Yufeng Wu: Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Nanchang, China
Wei Wang: Department of Psychology, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, China
Lan Li: Xi’an Gaoxin No. 1 Middle School, Xi’an, China
Xiaoyu Hu: School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China
Xiaoyu Hu: Research Center of Jiangxi Social Psychological Service System Construction, Nanchang, China
Xiaoyu Hu: Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Nanchang, China
Ruonan Li: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Chunyu Liu: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Ao Huang: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Ruiqi Han: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Yu An: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Gang Dou: School of Education, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.995211
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13

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This study aimed to investigate relationships among parental psychological control, adolescent emotion regulation, and social problems in China. In total, 1,145 adolescents aged 12–15 years participated in the study, which used the Parental Psychological Control Scale, Adolescent Problem Behavior Scale, and Emotion Regulation Scale. The results indicated the following: (1) Compared with only-child teens, adolescents in multi-child families had significant social problems; (2) parental psychological control significantly predicted adolescents’ social problems; (3) there was a partially mediating effect of adolescents’ emotion regulation between parental psychological control and adolescents’ social problems.

Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry

ISSN: 1664-0640 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry

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