Parental psychological control and adolescent social problems: The mediating effect of emotion regulation

Guoying Qian; Yufeng Wu; Wei Wang; Lan Li; Xiaoyu Hu; Ruonan Li; Chunyu Liu; Ao Huang; Ruiqi Han; Yu An; Gang Dou

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.995211

Parental psychological control and adolescent social problems: The mediating effect of emotion regulation

Front Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 25:13:995211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.995211. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Guoying Qian¹, Yufeng Wu^{2

3

4}, Wei Wang⁵, Lan Li⁶, Xiaoyu Hu^{2

3

4}, Ruonan Li¹, Chunyu Liu¹, Ao Huang¹, Ruiqi Han¹, Yu An¹, Gang Dou⁷

Affiliations

¹ College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
² School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China.
³ Research Center of Jiangxi Social Psychological Service System Construction, Nanchang, China.
⁴ Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Nanchang, China.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, China.
⁶ Xi'an Gaoxin No. 1 Middle School, Xi'an, China.
⁷ School of Education, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, China.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate relationships among parental psychological control, adolescent emotion regulation, and social problems in China. In total, 1,145 adolescents aged 12-15 years participated in the study, which used the Parental Psychological Control Scale, Adolescent Problem Behavior Scale, and Emotion Regulation Scale. The results indicated the following: (1) Compared with only-child teens, adolescents in multi-child families had significant social problems; (2) parental psychological control significantly predicted adolescents' social problems; (3) there was a partially mediating effect of adolescents' emotion regulation between parental psychological control and adolescents' social problems.

Keywords: adolescent; emotion regulation; multi-child family; parental psychological control; social problems.