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Costa, S 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-6039, Gugliandolo, MC, 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 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1177/0265407518756778 DOI |
| 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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