Wang Rong, Liu Min, Sun Yinghong, Li Qian
School of Education and Psychology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China.
Sichuan Vocational College of Chemical Technology, Luzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 30;15:1349386. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1349386. eCollection 2024.
Numerous studies have focused on the mental and behavioral problems or negative emotions of adolescents when examining the impact of parental control. However, limited research has explored the relationship between parental control and adolescents' future planning, neglecting the distinctions between parental psychological and behavioral control, as well as the significant roles of personal growth initiative and meaning in life. The present study aims to investigate the differential effects of parental psychological control and behavioral control on the future planning of rural adolescents in China.
A sample of 909 individuals (13.60±0.93 years old, 470 boys and 439 girls) completed a self-report questionnaire anonymously. The study utilized the Adolescent Future Orientation Questionnaire, Parental Control Questionnaire, Adolescents' Personal Growth Initiative Scale, and Meaning in Life Questionnaire.
The findings revealed that parental control significantly influenced the future planning of Chinese rural adolescents, with psychological control and behavioral control exerting distinct impacts in this process. Specifically, parental psychological control was found to have a direct negative effect on adolescents' future planning, while also exhibiting a positive influence due to the masking effect of meaning in life; it did not negatively affect adolescents' future planning through their personal growth initiative. On the other hand, parental behavioral control was observed to directly and positively impact adolescents' future planning, as well as positively influence it through the mediating role of personal growth initiative and the chain mediating role of personal growth initiative and meaning in life.
These results suggest that the influence of parental control on adolescents' future planning is not a simple, singular mechanism, but rather a multi-layered and complex process, yielding mixed outcomes as a result of psychological control, behavioral control, and other factors. This complexity should be taken into consideration in educational practices and future research endeavors.
在考察父母控制的影响时，众多研究聚焦于青少年的心理和行为问题或负面情绪。然而，仅有有限的研究探讨了父母控制与青少年未来规划之间的关系，忽视了父母心理控制和行为控制之间的差异，以及个人成长主动性和生活意义的重要作用。本研究旨在调查父母心理控制和行为控制对中国农村青少年未来规划的不同影响。
909名个体（年龄13.60±0.93岁，470名男孩和439名女孩）组成的样本匿名完成了一份自我报告问卷。该研究使用了青少年未来取向问卷、父母控制问卷、青少年个人成长主动性量表和生活意义问卷。
研究结果显示，父母控制对中国农村青少年的未来规划有显著影响，在此过程中心理控制和行为控制发挥了不同的作用。具体而言，发现父母心理控制对青少年的未来规划有直接的负面影响，同时由于生活意义的掩盖作用也表现出积极影响；它并未通过青少年的个人成长主动性对其未来规划产生负面影响。另一方面，观察到父母行为控制对青少年的未来规划有直接的积极影响，并且通过个人成长主动性的中介作用以及个人成长主动性和生活意义的链式中介作用对其产生积极影响。
这些结果表明，父母控制对青少年未来规划的影响不是一个简单、单一的机制，而是一个多层次、复杂的过程，由于心理控制、行为控制和其他因素而产生混合结果。在教育实践和未来的研究工作中应考虑到这种复杂性。
