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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The Role of parental control and Coping Strategies on adolescents’ problem behaviors
Francesca CuzzocreaSonia IngogliaSebastiano CostaCristiano IngugliaFrancesca Ligasubject
Parental monitoringDrinking behaviorParental control . Coping . Anxiety . Drinking behavior . Adolescence05 social sciencesSettore M-PSI/03 - Psicometria050109 social psychologyAnxiety050105 experimental psychologyAdolescenceParental control Coping Anxiety Drinking behavior AdolescenceSettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazioneParental controlPsychological controlmedicineAnxiety0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesmedicine.symptomCopingPath analysis (statistics)PsychologyGeneral PsychologyParental controlClinical psychologydescription
The current study was aimed at contributing to the understanding of the role of perceived parental monitoring, psychological control, and coping strategies on adolescents’ problem behaviors, in terms of anxiety and drinking behavior. Participants were 541 high school students, 17 to 19-year old (M = 17.09, SD = 0.80) high school students in Sicily and Calabria (Italy). Participants completed self-report measures assessing parental monitoring, psychological control, coping strategies (i.e., Task-Oriented, Emotion-Oriented, and Avoidance-Oriented). Results of the path analysis showed that coping strategies play a mediating role in the association between parental psychological control and both adolescents’ anxiety and drinking behavior. Furthermore, a direct positive association was reported from parental psychological control and anxiety, while a negative direct association was reported from parental monitoring to drinking behavior. Results of this study provide a comprehensive model that showed that the different coping strategies could explain the psychological mechanisms that underline the associations between two different kinds of parental control (psychological control and monitoring) and both internalizing and externalizing adolescents’ form of maladjustment (e.g. anxiety and drinking behaviors). Overall, coping strategies seem to be a fruitful target for the prevention programs for adolescents’ anxiety and drinking behaviors.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 |