Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 758-768.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.06.15

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The Relationship between Parental Psychological Control and Adolescent Anxiety: A Cross-Lagged Study

SUN Liping1, JU Jiawen2, JIANG Liuqing2, BIAN Yufang2,3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Child and Family Education Research Center, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2018-11-15 Published:2018-12-27

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Abstract: In order to explore the relationship between parental psychological control and adolescent anxiety, 1419 students who were recruited from 13 junior high schools in Beijing filled in the Parental Psychological Control Questionnaire and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Results from cross-lagged analyses indicated that:(1) There were significant positive correlations between parental psychological control and adolescent anxiety across the three measurement points; (2) Structural equation modeling analyses generally favored the reciprocal effects model. Specifically, adolescent anxiety at Grade 7 significantly predicted the increase in parental psychological control at Grade 8. At the same time, adolescent anxiety at Grade 8 significantly predicted the increase in parental psychological control at Grade 9. However, only the path from parental psychological control at Grade 8 to adolescent anxiety at Grade 9 reached a significant level; (3) Child gender difference did not lie in the reciprocal relationship between parental psychological control and adolescent anxiety.

Key words: parental psychological control, adolescent, anxiety, cross-lagged study, reciprocal effect

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  • B844
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