Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: the role of psychological basic needs

Costa, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2392-6039, Gugliandolo, M.C., Barberis, N., Cuzzocrea, F. and Liga, F., 2018. Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: the role of psychological basic needs. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. ISSN 0265-4075

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Abstract

Research suggest that psychologically controlling and autonomy supportive parenting can be described within the SDT's framework. Two studies were conducted to examine: (a) the role of parental need frustration as a predictor of parental psychological control, (b) the role of parental need satisfaction as a predictor of parental autonomy support and (c) the role of parents' psychological control and autonomy support in the intergenerational transmission of satisfaction and frustration of the psychological basic needs. Study-1 provided evidence, in a sample of 203 Italian coupled parents, that needs frustration and needs satisfaction represent distinct antecedents of psychological control and autonomy support. Study-2, showed that in 135 families, the intergenerational association between parents' and adolescents' need frustration was partial mediated by psychological control and autonomy support. Results clearly showed that parents who experienced high level of psychological needs frustration are more likely to use psychological control and in turn to promote a feeling of need frustration in their adolescents; differently, parents who experienced high levels of psychological needs satisfaction tend to exert more autonomy support in their relationship with their children and in turn adolescents tend to perceive higher level of needs satisfaction. These findings are discussed in light of SDT and underline the importance of needs in the parenting context and have implications for interventions.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Creators: Costa, S., Gugliandolo, M.C., Barberis, N., Cuzzocrea, F. and Liga, F.
Publisher: Sage
Date: 13 February 2018
ISSN: 0265-4075
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10.1177/0265407518756778DOI
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Linda Sullivan
Date Added: 20 Feb 2018 16:20
Last Modified: 20 Feb 2018 16:21
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32764

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