Parenting Styles and Emotion Regulation: The Role of Behavioral and Psychological Control During Young Adulthood

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 16 - Trang 223-229 - 2009
David P. Manzeske1,2, Anne Dopkins Stright1
1Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Human Development Area, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
2Learning Point Associates, Chicago, USA

Tóm tắt

This study examined the relations between maternal parenting styles (including warmth, behavioral control, and psychological control) and young adults’ emotion regulation. Participants included 246 young adults from a large Midwestern university, as well as their mothers. Higher levels of maternal control, particularly psychological control, were related to lower levels of young adults’ emotion regulation. This study is among the first to explore the above relations within the context of young adulthood. Limitations and clinical implications are discussed.

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