Trajectories of Perceived Parental Psychological Control across Adolescence and Implications for the Development of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms

Adolescents' Perceived Socio-Emotional Impact of COVID-19 and Implications for Mental Health: Results From a U.S.-Based Mixed-Methods Study

“…Friendships become uniquely important sources of attachment, intimacy and social support during adolescence [ 29 ], and a perceived unavailability of friends can undermine these needs. Meanwhile, the parent-child relationship is experiencing a renegotiation of boundaries to facilitate emerging autonomy needs [ [7] , [8] , [9] ]. Our data suggested that changes in family dynamics during COVID-19 challenged autonomy needs for some (e.g., less privacy and personal space) and engendered significant psychological distress [ 30 ].…”

“…Physiological changes associated with puberty usher in an increased sensitivity to social belonging [ 4 ], and attachment needs shift to friends and romantic partners to accommodate growing independence from parents [ 5 ]. Adolescents spend more time with friends than with parents, and the parent-child relationship experiences tension around adolescents' emerging independence [ 6 , 7 ]. During this time, parent-child conflict intensifies [ 8 ] and parent-child intimacy slightly declines [ 9 ].…”

Parental psychological control and academic functioning in Chinese high school students: A short‐term longitudinal study

“…It is argued that parental psychological control (PPC), which is intrusive and manipulative on children's psychological and emotional world, frustrates children's needs, disrupts their autonomous process, and creates a vulnerability to maladjustment (Barber & Harmon, 2002). Psychological control is associated with negative outcomes in children and adolescents, including high depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, and increased externalizing behaviours and peer rejection (Barber & Harmon, 2002;Janssens et al, 2017;Rogers, Padilla-Walker, McLean, & Hurst, 2020). With respect to academic learning, research has demonstrated that parental psychological control is negatively associated with academic competence (e.g., Soenens & Vansteenkiste, 2010;Soucy & Larose, 2000), attitudes towards school (e.g., Gonzalez, Holbein, & Quilter, 2002), and academic grades (e.g., Pinquart, 2016;Soenens, Sierens, Vansteenkiste, Dochy, & Goossens, 2012).…”

Developmental Changes in Secrecy During Middle Adolescence: Links with Alcohol Use and Perceived Controlling Parenting

“…Within the Self-Determination Theory framework (Ryan & Deci, 2017), controlling parents are described as pressuring their child to act, think and feel in specific ways through the use of intrusive and manipulative techniques (e.g., guilt induction, love withdrawal, shame; . From a developmental perspective, adolescents' perceptions of controlling parenting have been described as increasing slightly from early to late adolescence (Rogers et al, 2020). However, it remains unknown whether secrecy and controlling parenting are developmentally linked.…”

“…In the present study, the first aim was to describe mean developmental changes in secrecy, alcohol use and perceived controlling parenting across middle adolescence. It was expected that secrecy, alcohol use and perceptions of controlling parenting would increase on average, as previous research provided evidence for increases in adolescents' secrecy (Keijsers et al, 2010), drinking behaviors (Zehe & Colder, 2014) and perceptions of controlling parenting (Rogers et al, 2020) during adolescence. The second objective was to examine how developmental changes in secrecy, alcohol use and perceptions of controlling parenting are associated with each other across middle adolescence.…”