title: Perceived Parenting and Basic Need Satisfaction among Portuguese Adolescents.
abstract: We examined the psychometric properties of the Parenting Questionnaire in a sample of Portuguese high school students. Two measurement models were specified. Model 1m,f specifies a bi-dimensional structure of parental need-support and behavioral control. Model 2m,f proposes a tripartite structure of parental need-support, psychological control and behavioral control. Model 2m,f. best-fitted the data, being also supported in terms of convergent, discriminant validity. Regression results found the unique effect of autonomy-support (M2mr, b = .25 p < .001; M2fr, b = .14 p < .01), responsiveness-warmth (Model 2mr, b = .19, p .05). Notably, psychological control predicted low need-satisfaction (M2mr: b = -.10) and moderated of the positive effect of parental need-support on need-satisfaction, M2mr: F(3, 367) = 11.62, p < .001. Psychological control and need-support also moderated the positive effect of behavior control on competence satisfaction, with parental need-support amplifying this effect and psychological control buffering it. Overall the findings support the substantive distinction between the parenting dimensions, suggesting that need-satisfaction is enhanced by need-supportive and behavioural control and undermined by psychological control.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra(Portugal).
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra(Portugal).
authors.forename: Maria Paula
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.affiliation: University of Leuven(Belgium).
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011174:Portugal; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Portugal; adolescents; need satisfaction; parenting