title: Autonomy-Supportive Parenting and Autonomy-Supportive Sibling Interactions: The Role of Mothers' and Siblings' Psychological Need Satisfaction.
abstract: Autonomy-supportive parenting yields manifold benefits. To gain more insight into the family-level dynamics involved in autonomy-supportive parenting, the present study addressed three issues. First, on the basis of self-determination theory, we examined whether mothers' satisfaction of the psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness related to autonomy-supportive parenting. Second, we investigated maternal autonomy support as an intervening variable in the mother-child similarity in psychological need satisfaction. Third, we examined associations between autonomy-supportive parenting and autonomy-supportive sibling interactions. Participants were 154 mothers (M age = 39.45, SD = 3.96) and their two elementary school-age children (M age = 8.54, SD = 0.89 and M age = 10.38, SD = 0.87). Although mothers' psychological need satisfaction related only to maternal autonomy support in the younger siblings, autonomy-supportive parenting related to psychological need satisfaction in both siblings and to an autonomy-supportive interaction style between siblings. We discuss the importance of maternal autonomy support for family-level dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium Jolene.Deeder@UGent.be.
authors.forename: Jolene
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Kaap-Deeder
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vansteenkiste
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soenens
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loeys
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Elien
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mabbe
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gargurevich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: autonomy support; parenting; psychological need satisfaction; self-determination theory; siblings