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- Title
Turkish Adolescents' Interpretations of Psychological and Behavioral Control: Relation with Adjustment Problems and Moderating Factors.
- Authors
Selçuk, Şule; Uçanok, Zehra; Sayıl, Melike
- Abstract
Few studies have focused on adolescents' interpretations of parental control in a non-Western context. This study examines the intervening role of Turkish adolescents' interpretations of psychological control (PC)/behavioral control (BC) in the relation between PC/BC and adolescent problem behaviors and the moderating roles of maternal warmth and adolescents' legitimacy beliefs of these control practices. Participants were 689 adolescents (Mage = 13.95; SD = 0.94; 56.9% girls) and their mothers. Structural equation modeling results indicated that (1) adolescents who have experienced greater maternal PC were more likely to interpret specific situations of maternal PC negatively, (2) adolescents who have experienced greater maternal BC were less likely to interpret specific situations of maternal BC negatively, (3) adolescents' interpretations of specific PC/BC practices intervened the relation between PC/BC and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems, and (4) adolescents' perceptions of maternal warmth moderated the association between their general perceptions of PC and interpretations of specific PC practices. The findings support previous findings regarding adolescents' interpretations of PC practices and indicates the need for further research on interpretations of BC practices. Highlights: There are two types of parental control which are psychological and behavioral control. Turkish adolescents tend to interpret their mothers' psychological control negatively, but do not tend to interpret behavioral control negatively. Adolescents' interpretations of psychological and behavioral control intervene the links between these control practices and adolescent problem behaviors. Perceived maternal warmth seems to shape adolescents' interpretations of psychological control practices.
- Subjects
ANKARA (Turkey); TURKEY; CONTROL (Psychology) in adolescence; PARENT-teenager relationships; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation in adolescence; TURKS; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; INTERNALIZING behavior; BEHAVIOR disorders in adolescence; ADJUSTMENT disorders; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; PARENT attitudes; ATTITUDE (Psychology); BEHAVIOR therapy; BEHAVIOR disorders; MOTHERHOOD; PARENTING; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PARENT-child relationships; CONTROL (Psychology); PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 5, p1387
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-021-02140-w