title: Parental Psychological Control and Adolescent Adjustment: The Role of Adolescent Emotion Regulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated associations between parental psychological control and aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms among adolescents from predominantly disadvantaged backgrounds. The indirect effects of psychological control on adolescent adjustment through adolescent emotion regulation (anger and sadness regulation) were examined as well as the moderating effects of adolescent emotion regulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  206 adolescents (ages 10-18) reported on parental psychological control and their own depressive symptoms, and parents and adolescents reported on adolescent emotion regulation and aggressive behavior. Indirect effect models were tested using structural equation modeling; moderating effects were tested using hierarchical multiple regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The associations between parental psychological control and adolescent aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms were indirect through adolescents' anger regulation. Moderation analyses indicated that the association between parental psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms was stronger among adolescents with poor sadness regulation and the association between psychological control and aggressive behavior was stronger among older adolescents with poor anger regulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychological control is negatively associated with adolescent adjustment, particularly among adolescents who have difficulty regulating emotions. Emotion regulation is one mechanism through which psychological control is linked to adolescent adjustment, particularly anger dysregulation, and this pattern holds for both younger and older adolescents and for both boys and girls.
authors: University of Toronto.
authors: Lixian
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authors: Cui
authors: Department of Human Development & Family Science, College of Human Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 700 North Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106-0700. amanda.morris@okstate.edu.
authors: Amanda Sheffield
authors: AS
authors: Morris
authors: Oklahoma State University.
authors: Michael M
authors: MM
authors: Criss
authors: Indiana University-Purdue University.
authors: Benjamin J
authors: BJ
authors: Houltberg
authors: University of Pittsburgh.
authors: Jennifer S
authors: JS
authors: Silk