Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to understand the mediating effect of self-differentiation and the mediating effect of self-differentiation controlled by social support in the effect of the the mother's psychological control on the social anxiety of college students. Methods: A survey was conducted on 541 college students enrolled in universities in the Seoul metropolitan area, excluding 53 with insufficient data; and 488 surveys were used for analysis. Results: The main results are as follows. First, the higher the mother's psychological control, the lower the self-differentiation and social anxiety; and the higher the self-differentiation and social support, the lower the social anxiety of college students. Second, in the relationship between the mother's psychological control and the college student's social anxiety, a mediating effect of self-differentiation controlled by self-differentiation and social support appeared. Conclusions: Through these results, it was confirmed that the promotion of self-differentiation and social support is useful for college students experiencing high social anxiety due to the mother's high psychological contro

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