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Parental psychological control: revisiting a neglected construct

B K Barber1

  • 1Brigham Young University, USA.

Child Development
|December 1, 1996
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Parental psychological control, which manipulates children's emotions, is linked to internalized problems like depression. Behavioral control, however, is mainly associated with externalized problems such as delinquency in youth.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Socialization research benefits from focusing on parental psychological control.
  • Psychological control involves constraining, invalidating, and manipulating children's emotional experiences.
  • Distinguishes psychological control from behaviorally oriented control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate the construct of parental psychological control.
  • To develop and assess new measures for psychological control.
  • To examine the relationship between psychological control and child adjustment.

Main Methods:

  • Development of two new measures for psychological control.
  • Data collection across three diverse studies with varied samples and measurement modes.

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  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of perceived psychological control.

    • Main Results:

    • Psychological control is reliably measurable across different demographic groups and methods.
    • Perceived psychological control predicts internalized problems (depression) in adolescents.
    • Psychological control also predicts externalized problems (delinquency), while behavioral control is linked to externalized issues.

    Conclusions:

    • Parental psychological control is a significant predictor of youth psychological distress.
    • Differentiating psychological and behavioral control is crucial for understanding child outcomes.
    • The new measures effectively capture psychological control, aiding future socialization research.