Perceived parental conditional regard and autonomy support as predictors of young adults' self- versus other-oriented prosocial tendencies.
The current research examined the relations of parental conditional regard and autonomy-supportive parenting with levels of internalization and self- versus other-oriented helping tendencies. As predicted from self-determination theory, college students' perceptions of parental conditional regard correlated positively with introjection internalization and self-oriented helping tendencies. Autonomy-supportive parenting predicted fuller internalization and other-oriented helping. Results suggest that the relations between parental practices and prosocial orientations are mediated by the level of internalization that was predicted by each parental practice.
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Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 84105. roth@bgu.ac.il
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012649:Self Concept; D012951:Socialization