School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, China.
School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, China; Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China.
J Adolesc. 2021 Feb;87:52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
The present study examined the longitudinal relations between maternal psychological control and emotion regulation in Chinese adolescents. Specifically, we examined how emotion regulation was reciprocally associated with multiple dimensions of psychological control, including love withdrawal, guilt induction, and shaming in the Chinese cultural context.
Participants consisted of 865 Chinese students from fourth through eighth grade (50.8% girls; M = 11.82 years at Wave 1, SD = 1.28 at Wave 1, range = 10-15 years). Data were collected at two time-periods over a one-year period. Children reported on their emotion regulation. Mothers rated their engagement in love withdrawal, guilt induction, and shaming.
Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed an adequate model fit. Children's emotion regulation at study onset predicted decreases in all three dimensions of maternal psychological control one year later, whereas the three dimensions of maternal psychological control did not significantly predict emotion regulation one year later.
Findings revealed the longitudinal associations among child emotion regulation and maternal psychological control within a specific cultural context. Implications for the meaning of psychological control parenting in Chinese culture are discussed.
本研究考察了母亲心理控制与中国青少年情绪调节之间的纵向关系。具体而言，我们考察了情绪调节如何与心理控制的多个维度（包括爱撤回、内疚诱导和羞耻感）在中文文化背景下相互关联。
参与者包括来自四至八年级的 865 名中国学生（50.8%的女生；第 1 波时的平均年龄为 11.82 岁，SD=1.28，范围为 10-15 岁）。数据在一年的两个时间段内收集。儿童报告了他们的情绪调节情况。母亲评估了她们在爱撤回、内疚诱导和羞耻感方面的参与度。
交叉滞后面板分析显示模型拟合良好。研究开始时儿童的情绪调节预测了一年后所有三种母亲心理控制维度的下降，而母亲心理控制的三个维度并没有显著预测一年后的情绪调节。
研究结果揭示了特定文化背景下儿童情绪调节与母亲心理控制之间的纵向关联。讨论了心理控制养育在中文文化中的意义。
