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Angeliki Leondari1, Grigoris Kiosseoglou
1Department of Preschool Education, University of Thessaly.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to examine the association between parental psychological control and parental attachment. Another goal was to investigate the differential and combined effects of these two constructs on indices of psychological well-being, namely, self-esteem, positive or negative affect, and personal and interpersonal efficacy. Subjects were 319 males (n = 142) and females (n = 177) with an age range of 15 yr., 9 mo. to 22 yr., 5 mo. (M = 20.0, SD = 1.6). Analysis showed that psychological control was negatively related to attachment. Both psychological control and attachment predicted self-esteem, and there was some indication that psychological control exercised by mothers had a stronger influence on self-esteem. Attachment was also a significant predictor of positive and negative affect and perceived personal efficacy. No sex or age differences were found.
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