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Adolescent Effortful Control as Moderator of Father's Psychological Control in Externalizing Problems: A Longitudinal Study.

Ugo PaceGiulio D’ursoCarla Zappulla

subject

MaleLongitudinal studyAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectIndividuality050109 social psychologyChild Behavior DisordersEducationDevelopmental psychologyFathersSettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazionePromotion (rank)Psychological controlHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesLongitudinal StudiesControl (linguistics)Reactivity (psychology)Temperamentexternalizing problemGeneral PsychologyInternal-External Controlmedia_common05 social sciencespaternal psychological controlModerationAchievementAdolescent BehaviorEffortful controlTraitBusiness Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)TemperamentFemalePsychology050104 developmental & child psychology

description

This longitudinal study investigates the moderating role of a temperamental trait, the effortful control, in the relation between father's psychological control and externalizing problems. In Wave 1, the participants included 507 adolescents attending the second classes of two public schools situated in two Italian cities; in Wave 2, 482 adolescents attending the fifth classes of high school participated again in the study. The results demonstrated a positive contribution of paternal achievement-oriented psychological control to externalizing problems and a moderator effect of effortful control in the relationship between the father's psychological control and externalizing problems. These findings extend current knowledge on the role of the father in the difficult task of balancing the promotion of individuality without falling into psychological control that can trigger externalizing problems among adolescents, especially when the temperament of the latter does not foresee the availability of self-regulating abilities that mediate disadvantageous reactivity.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-02-06
10.1080/00223980.2017.1419160http://hdl.handle.net/10447/280748