TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of parental psychological control on adolescents’ peer victimization
T2 - Mediating role of social anxiety
AU - Cheng, Ching Ling
AU - Chen, Hung Yang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the association between parents’ psychologically controlling behaviors and early adolescents’ peer victimization, to clarify the differences between paternal and maternal influences, and to examine the mediating role of adolescents’ social anxiety in this association. A total of 716 fifth and sixth graders (366 boys and 350 girls, mean age = 11.44) participated in the present study. Self-reported measures of parental psychological control, social anxiety and peer victimization were used in this study. The results demonstrated that psychological control was positively linked with early adolescents’ peer victimization. The relationship between parental psychological control and adolescents’ peer victimization was mediated by adolescents’ social anxiety; namely, parental psychological control positively predicted adolescents’ social anxiety, which in turn positively predicted adolescents’ peer victimization. The effect of maternal psychological control was greater than paternal psychological control in this mediating pathway.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the association between parents’ psychologically controlling behaviors and early adolescents’ peer victimization, to clarify the differences between paternal and maternal influences, and to examine the mediating role of adolescents’ social anxiety in this association. A total of 716 fifth and sixth graders (366 boys and 350 girls, mean age = 11.44) participated in the present study. Self-reported measures of parental psychological control, social anxiety and peer victimization were used in this study. The results demonstrated that psychological control was positively linked with early adolescents’ peer victimization. The relationship between parental psychological control and adolescents’ peer victimization was mediated by adolescents’ social anxiety; namely, parental psychological control positively predicted adolescents’ social anxiety, which in turn positively predicted adolescents’ peer victimization. The effect of maternal psychological control was greater than paternal psychological control in this mediating pathway.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Maternal psychological control
KW - Paternal psychological control
KW - Peer victimization
KW - Social anxiety
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U2 - 10.6251/BEP.20140612
DO - 10.6251/BEP.20140612
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85035766802
SN - 1011-5714
VL - 46
SP - 357
EP - 375
JO - Bulletin of Educational Psychology
JF - Bulletin of Educational Psychology
IS - 3
ER -