a Kore University of Enna.
b University of Palermo.
J Psychol. 2018 Apr 3;152(3):164-177. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2017.1419160. Epub 2018 Feb 6.
This longitudinal study investigates the moderating role of a temperamental trait, the effortful control, in the relation between father's psychological control and externalizing problems. In Wave 1, the participants included 507 adolescents attending the second classes of two public schools situated in two Italian cities; in Wave 2, 482 adolescents attending the fifth classes of high school participated again in the study. The results demonstrated a positive contribution of paternal achievement-oriented psychological control to externalizing problems and a moderator effect of effortful control in the relationship between the father's psychological control and externalizing problems. These findings extend current knowledge on the role of the father in the difficult task of balancing the promotion of individuality without falling into psychological control that can trigger externalizing problems among adolescents, especially when the temperament of the latter does not foresee the availability of self-regulating abilities that mediate disadvantageous reactivity.
本纵向研究调查了气质特质——努力控制——在父亲心理控制与外化问题之间关系中的调节作用。在第 1 波中，参与者包括来自两所位于意大利两个城市的公立学校的第 2 班的 507 名青少年；在第 2 波中，参加高中第 5 班的 482 名青少年再次参加了研究。结果表明，父亲以成就为导向的心理控制对外化问题有积极贡献，努力控制在外化问题与父亲心理控制之间的关系中起调节作用。这些发现扩展了关于父亲在平衡促进个性与不陷入可能引发青少年外化问题的心理控制的艰难任务中的作用的现有知识，尤其是当后者的气质不预见到有自我调节能力来缓解不利反应时。
