Zheng Jiayin, Chen Bin-Bin
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Rd., Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, Fudan University, 220 Handan Rd., Shanghai, 200433, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Feb 1. doi: 10.1007/s10964-025-02144-5.
Few studies simultaneously examined how parent-adolescent discrepancies in reporting psychological control and autonomy support predicted adolescents' adjustment and the moderation by adolescent gender remains unknown. This longitudinal study addressed these gaps using a Chinese sample of 310 adolescents (158 girls; M = 13.34, SD = 0.36) and their parents. Adolescents reported depression and resilience and dyads reported parenting. The latent difference scores analysis showed higher psychological control and lower autonomy support perceived by adolescents than parents and larger parent-boy discrepancies in psychological control. Psychological control discrepancies predicted higher adolescents' depression and autonomy support discrepancies predicted lower boys' depression. The results suggest that parent-adolescent discrepant perceptions of different parenting behaviors predict adolescents' adjustment via different processes, which vary for boys and girls.
很少有研究同时考察父母与青少年在心理控制和自主性支持方面的差异如何预测青少年的适应情况，而且青少年性别在其中的调节作用仍不明确。这项纵向研究以310名青少年（158名女孩；M = 13.34，SD = 0.36）及其父母组成的中国样本填补了这些空白。青少年报告了抑郁和心理韧性情况，亲子双方报告了养育方式。潜在差异分数分析表明，青少年感知到的心理控制高于父母，自主性支持低于父母，且在心理控制方面父母与男孩的差异更大。心理控制差异预测青少年有更高的抑郁水平，自主性支持差异预测男孩有更低的抑郁水平。结果表明，父母与青少年对不同养育行为的差异认知通过不同过程预测青少年的适应情况，且这些过程因男孩和女孩而异。
