Publication year: 2010 Source: Developmental Review, Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 74-99 Bart Soenens, Maarten Vansteenkiste Psychological control refers to manipulative parental behavior that intrudes upon the child’s psychological world. During the past decade, socialization research has consistently demonstrated the negative effects of psychologically controlling parenting on children’s and adolescents’ development. However, there has been relatively little advance in our conceptual understanding of this parenting construct
A theoretical upgrade of the concept of parental psychological control: Proposing new insights on the basis of self-determination theory
Publication year: 2010 Source: Developmental Review, Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 74-99 Bart Soenens, Maarten Vansteenkiste Psychological control refers to manipulative parental behavior that intrudes upon the child’s psychological world. During the past decade, socialization research has consistently demonstrated the negative effects of psychologically controlling parenting on children’s and adolescents’ development. However, there has been relatively little advance in our conceptual understanding of this parenting construct