The Role of Effortful Control in the Relationships Among Parental Control, Intentional Self-regulation, and Adolescent Obedience

This study aimed to examine how effortful control moderates the relationship between parental psychological and behavioral control and adolescent obedience through intentional self-regulation. The sample consisted of 329 adolescents who were in seventh grade and from northern Taiwan (141 females; 18...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies 2016-08, Vol.25 (8), p.2435-2446
Main Authors: Liu, Yih-Lan, Chang, Hui-Tzu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Asian Culture
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Child Rearing
Cognitive Processes
Delinquency
Discipline
Fathers
Grade 7
Heredity
Individual Characteristics
Intention
Mothers
Obedience
Original Paper
Parent Participation
Parent School Relationship
Parent-child relations
Parental control
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Questionnaires
Regulation
Self Actualization
Self control
Self regulation
Social Sciences
Socialization
Sociology
Teacher Improvement
Temperament
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Summary:This study aimed to examine how effortful control moderates the relationship between parental psychological and behavioral control and adolescent obedience through intentional self-regulation. The sample consisted of 329 adolescents who were in seventh grade and from northern Taiwan (141 females; 188 males; average age = 13.32 years). We collected data at schools by administering questionnaires to the participants. Regression analysis was used to examine the proposed hypotheses. The results indicated that there were a direct pathway from fathers’ and mothers’ behavioural control to obedience, and an indirect pathway from fathers’ and mothers’ behavioural control to obedience through intentional self-regulation. Effortful control moderated the direct effect between mothers’ behavioural control and obedience but did not moderate the indirect effect between mothers’ behavioural control and obedience via intentional self-regulation. Adolescent obedience to parental authority was affected by the mutual influences of individual characteristics and maternal discipline. Effortful control and intentional self-regulation have distinctive roles in the relationship between parental control and adolescent obedience.
ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-016-0405-x