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- Title
The Reciprocal Relations between Parental Psychological Control and Social Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Self-Concept Clarity Among Chinese Early Adolescents.
- Authors
Zhou, Jianhua; Zou, Fan; Gong, Xue
- Abstract
Although parental psychological control has been well-documented as a significant predictor of social anxiety among adolescents, few studies examine how changes in parental psychological control and adolescent social anxiety are reciprocally related at the within-person level, especially in Chinese culture. This longitudinal study examined reciprocal relations between parental psychological control and social anxiety, and the potential mediating role of self-concept clarity, by disentangling between- and within-person effects. A total of 4731 students (44.9% girls; Mage = 10.91 years, SD = 0.72) participated in a four-wave longitudinal study with 6-month intervals. Results from random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling indicated that parental psychological control directly predicted social anxiety, and vice versa. Parental psychological control indirectly predicted social anxiety via self-concept clarity, and social anxiety also indirectly predicted parental psychological control via self-concept clarity. These findings reveal a vicious cycle of mutual influence between parental psychological control and adolescent social anxiety in Chinese youth, and highlight the crucial role of self-concept clarity in the interplay between parenting and adolescent social functioning.
- Subjects
CHINA; RISK assessment; PARENTS; CONTROL (Psychology); ELEMENTARY schools; RESEARCH funding; PARENT-child relationships; QUESTIONNAIRES; PARENTING; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; CULTURAL values; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; LONGITUDINAL method; SCHOOL children; COMPARATIVE studies; FACTOR analysis; INTERPERSONAL relations; SELF-perception; SOCIAL anxiety; CHILD behavior; PSYCHOSOCIAL functioning; ADOLESCENCE; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 10, p2363
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-024-02015-5