Abstract
The current study was designed to investigate the relationships among autonomy support, psychological control, coping style, and loneliness, especially the difference among those relationships in victims and nonvictims of bullying in school. In total 2969 Chinese adolescents participated in a survey (Mage = 15.48, SD = 1.59), and results indicated that parental autonomy support negatively predicted children's loneliness, and psychological control positively predicted it. Whether for nonvictims or victims, the mediating effects of problem-focused coping between autonomy support and loneliness, and emotion-focused coping between psychological control and loneliness were all significant. Furthermore, for nonvictims, problem-focused coping also mediated the association between psychological control and loneliness. For victims, emotion-focused coping also mediated the assocation between autonomy suppport and loneliness, due to the correlations between autonomy support and emotion-focused coping were stronger among victims. The research findings provide a better understanding of the way parental autonomy support and psychological control influence loneliness, especially in the context of victimization resulting from bullying.
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