TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived parental psychological control and adolescent depressive experiences
T2 - A cross-cultural study with Belgian and South-Korean adolescents
AU - Soenens, Bart
AU - Park, Seong Yeon
AU - Vansteenkiste, Maarten
AU - Mouratidis, Athanasios
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - In recent research on psychologically controlling parenting, debate has arisen about the cross-cultural relevance of this construct, with some scholars arguing that the developmental outcomes of psychological control are culture-bound and others arguing that the detrimental effects of psychological control generalize across cultures. This study aimed to add to this debate by examining the relevance of a distinction between two domain-specific expressions of psychological control (i.e., dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented) in Belgian (N = 290) and South-Korean (N = 321) adolescents. Multi-group path analyses showed that associations between the domains of psychological control, depressive personality, and depressive symptoms were similar between the two samples. Overall, the findings are in line with the notion that the effects of psychological control generalize across culture.
AB - In recent research on psychologically controlling parenting, debate has arisen about the cross-cultural relevance of this construct, with some scholars arguing that the developmental outcomes of psychological control are culture-bound and others arguing that the detrimental effects of psychological control generalize across cultures. This study aimed to add to this debate by examining the relevance of a distinction between two domain-specific expressions of psychological control (i.e., dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented) in Belgian (N = 290) and South-Korean (N = 321) adolescents. Multi-group path analyses showed that associations between the domains of psychological control, depressive personality, and depressive symptoms were similar between the two samples. Overall, the findings are in line with the notion that the effects of psychological control generalize across culture.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Depression
KW - Parenting
KW - Psychological control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858298080&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.05.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 21620464
AN - SCOPUS:84858298080
VL - 35
SP - 261
EP - 272
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
SN - 0140-1971
IS - 2
ER -