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Psychological Control and Internalizing Problems: The Mediating Role of Mother-Child Relationship Quality.

Objective. This study examines the mediating role of mother-child relationship quality in the link between maternal psychological control and adolescent internalizing problems. Design. A sample of 938 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 11.24 years) self-reported their mother-child relationship quality, dep...

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Published in:Parenting: Science & Practice Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 108 - 118
Main Authors: Xu, Gangmin, Bullock, Amanda, Yang, Panpan, Liu, Junsheng
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan-Jun2021
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          Xu, Gangmin
          Bullock, Amanda
          Yang, Panpan
          Liu, Junsheng
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          Mother-Child Relations Evaluation
          Mothers
          Maternal Behavior
          Control (Psychology)
          Adolescent Behavior Evaluation
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Child
          Adolescence
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Adult
          Depression
          Loneliness
          Confidence Intervals
          Chi Square Test
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Objective. This study examines the mediating role of mother-child relationship quality in the link between maternal psychological control and adolescent internalizing problems. Design. A sample of 938 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 11.24 years) self-reported their mother-child relationship quality, depressive symptoms, and loneliness; their mothers (Mage = 36.38 years) reported on psychological control. Results. Maternal psychological control at Time 1 (T1) was negatively associated with mother-child relationship quality at Time 2 (T2). Controlling for the effect of T1 adolescent internalizing problems, T2 mother-child relationship quality was negatively associated with T2 adolescent internalizing problems. T2 mother-child relationship quality fully mediated the relation between T1 psychological control and T2 internalizing problems. Conclusions. Declining maternal psychological control would improve relationships between adolescents and their mothers, in turn reducing adolescents' internalizing problems.
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