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Parental Behavioral Control,Psychological Control,and Aggression and Social Withdrawal in Early Adolescents

LI Dan-li1, ZHANG Wei1, LI Dong-ping1, WANG Yan-hui2   

  1. 1. School of Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    2. School of Educational Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015
  • Online:2012-03-15 Published:2012-03-15

Abstract: This study examined(a)whether there were specific relations between parental behavioral and psychological control and early adolescents'aggression and social withdrawal,(b)whether the above relations were nonlinear,and(c)whether emotion regulation(cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression)mediated the above relations.Six hundred and ninety-four early adolescents(mean age=13.67 years)participated in this study by filling out questionnaire measures of parental control,emotion regulation,and problem behaviors.The results revealed that(a)both forms of parental control were associated with aggression and social withdrawal(i. e.,no specificity);(b)the effects of behavioral control on problem behaviors were nonlinear,whereas the effects of psychological control on problem behaviors were linear;(c)cognitive reappraisal mediated the relationship between psychological control and aggression,while expressive suppression mediated the relationship between psychological control and social withdrawal.

Key words: parental control, emotion regulation, aggression, social withdrawal, early adolescents

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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