Xu Xiaoyan, Hanafi Zahyah, Razak Nordin Abd
School of Education, Shandong Women's University, Jinan 250300, China.
School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya 47500, Malaysia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Dec 15;14(12):1203. doi: 10.3390/bs14121203.
Parental behavioral control is one of the most common parenting practices employed by parents in China. It is necessary to identify this practice and how it may be influenced by adolescents' and parents' sociodemographic factors in order to develop family intervention strategies. The present study examined whether fathers' and mothers' behavioral control was related to adolescents' gender, age, and sibling status and parents' age, education level, and income. A sample of 916 adolescents, aged 11-15 years, reported their fathers' and mothers' parental behavioral control. In terms of adolescents' gender, boys perceived higher level of fathers' behavioral control compared to girls. Regarding parents' sociodemographic factors, the level of mothers' behavioral control was higher compared to that of fathers. Mothers' education levels were reported to have a negative relationship with maternal behavioral control. Regarding adolescents' gender differences, there was a positive relationship between fathers' educational levels and behavioral control in adolescent boys. However, there was a positive relationship between fathers' monthly income and fathers' behavioral control in adolescent girls rather than boys. In addition, there was a negative relationship between mothers' age and behavioral control in adolescent girls but not in boys. These findings add to the literature on Chinese mothers' and fathers' parenting and offer practical implications for Chinese family interventions.
父母行为控制是中国父母最常用的育儿方式之一。有必要识别这种方式以及它可能如何受到青少年和父母社会人口学因素的影响，以便制定家庭干预策略。本研究考察了父亲和母亲的行为控制是否与青少年的性别、年龄、兄弟姐妹状况以及父母的年龄、教育水平和收入有关。对916名11至15岁的青少年进行了抽样调查，他们报告了父亲和母亲的父母行为控制情况。在青少年性别方面，与女孩相比，男孩认为父亲的行为控制水平更高。在父母的社会人口学因素方面，母亲的行为控制水平高于父亲。据报告，母亲的教育水平与母亲的行为控制呈负相关。在青少年性别差异方面，父亲的教育水平与青少年男孩的行为控制呈正相关。然而，父亲的月收入与青少年女孩而非男孩的父亲行为控制呈正相关。此外，母亲的年龄与青少年女孩的行为控制呈负相关，而与男孩无关。这些发现丰富了关于中国父母育儿的文献，并为中国的家庭干预提供了实际意义。
