Abstract

Objective: This study examined the dual mediating effect of satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological need in the relationship between the mother’s psychological control and the children’s anger expression modes.
 Methods: The subjects of the study were 352 fourth to sixth grade children. For the collected data, Pearson correlation analysis and Process macro (Model 4) mediation analysis of the SPSS program 23.0 were performed.
 Results: First all major variables showed significant correlations with each other. Second, The mother’s psychological control indirectly affected the children’s anger–out and anger-in through the frustration of the child’s basic psychological need. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the mother’s psychological control indirectly affects children’s anger control through the children’s basic psychological need satisfaction.
 Conclusions: It is meaningful in that it revealed different paths of need satisfaction and need frustration in the relationship between mother’s psychological control and anger expression.

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