Psychological Control Research Articles

Perceived parental psychological control and the risk of internet gaming disorder in adolescents: a cross-sectional study

It is stated that parental psychological control (PC), which appears to hinder psychological development in children and adolescents, is associated with internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, parenting styles and practices vary across cultures. For this reason, to determine the risk of IGD in adolescents who are in the process of psychological development and to prevent it at an early stage, there is a need to better understand the effect of PC on the development of IGD. In this context, this study aims to examine the impact of perceived parental psychological control on the risk of Internet gaming disorder in Turkish adolescents. A cross-sectional design was used. The sample group consisted of 4498 students from eight public high schools in Turkey. Participant Information Form, the Psychological Control Scale, and the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale Short Form were used for collecting data. Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the risk of IGD increased as maternal disrespect-maternal psychological control and father disrespect scores increased. Paternal psychological control score had no significant effect on IGD risk. In the multivariate model, age, father’s education level, spending money on games, time spent playing daily games on weekdays and weekends, and father’s psychological score were found to be associated with IGD risk. The effects of maternal disrespect and maternal psychological control scores on the IGD risk varied according to the number of siblings and the education level of the mother. As a result, parental PC was determined to affect the risk of IGD in Turkish adolescents significantly.

Family obligation moderates longitudinal associations between parental psychological control and adjustment of urban adolescents

This study investigated child-reported family obligation values (FOVs) in early adolescence as a moderator for associations between mother-, father-, and child-reported parental psychological control (PC) in early adolescence and child-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms in middle and late adolescents in the Philippines. Data were drawn from three waves of a larger longitudinal study, when the Filipino youth were in late elementary grades (age M = 12.04, SD = 0.58; N = 91), in junior high school (age M = 15.03, SD = 0.59; N = 80), and in senior high school (age M = 17.00, SD = 0.59, N = 75). Results revealed that high levels of FOV buffered the positive associations between mother-reported PC and internalizing symptoms in late adolescence, and between child-reported PC and internalizing symptoms in middle and late adolescence, as well as externalizing symptoms in late adolescence. Conversely, low levels of FOV exacerbated the associations between mother- and child-reported PC on externalizing symptoms in late adolescence. Findings suggest that FOV may shape the meaning and influence of PC for children and adolescents in contexts where familial obligations are normative and important.

Pathways to filial piety from perceived parental authoritarianism: perceived behavioral and psychological control as mediators

Pathways to filial piety from perceived parental authoritarianism: perceived behavioral and psychological control as mediators

The effect of psychological first-aid virtual education on the communication skills of nurses in disasters: a randomized controlled trial

BackgroundDisasters have affected the physical and mental health of people around the world. Since nurses are frontlines in disasters, it seems necessary to prepare for this responsibility. This study investigates the effect of psychological first-aid virtual education on the communication skills of nurses in disasters such as COVID pandemic.MethodsIn a randomized controlled trial, 55 nurses were selected by purposive sampling method from two hospitals in Isfahan and Tehran, Iran in December—November 2022 and randomly replaced in the intervention group who participated in psychological first aid virtual training and control group. The data were collected through the personal information form and Communication Skills –Test-Revised (CSTR).ResultsTwo groups were homogeneous in terms of communication skills (p = 0.177), the total score of communication skills was significant between the two groups after the intervention (p < 0.0001). Regarding communication skills, in the pre-intervention phase, the subscale of “the ability to receive and send messages” and “insight into the communication process” the difference before the intervention was not significant between the two groups (p > 0.05). However, it was significant between the two groups after the intervention (p < 0.05), and regarding “emotional control”, “listening skills”, and “communication along with assertiveness” the difference before and after the intervention was not significant between the two groups (p > 0.05).ConclusionPre-disaster training and virtual education can increase nurses’ communication skills in their ability to handle a disaster such as COVID pandemic. Virtual education of post-disaster psychological interventions is suggested.Trial registrationIRCT20220923056023N1; date: 2023–01-31.

Does social self-efficacy act as a mediator in the relationship between parental control and social anxiety?

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of social self-efficacy in the relationship between parental control and social anxiety. The study population comprised all first and second-year high school students studying in Ahvaz County during the academic year 2020 to 2021. A total of 373 (53.08% female and 46.92% male) students were selected using multistage cluster sampling. The mean age ( SD) of the participants was 15.06 (2.4) years. The data were collected using the Parental Psychological Control Scale (PPCS), the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A), and the Self-Efficacy for Social Situations Scale (SESS). The reliability of the research tools was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha method, and path analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that both achievement-oriented and dependency-oriented parental control was directly related to social self-efficacy, which, in turn, was significantly related to social anxiety. Moreover, social self-efficacy completely mediated the relationships between achievement-oriented and dependency-oriented parental control with social anxiety. Therefore, reducing parental psychological control can increase adolescents’ level of social self-efficacy, which can subsequently decrease their social anxiety.

Self-Disclosure Counsel in Revealing Psychological Problems (Study On Online Counseling Service Counselives)

People with psychological problems generally find it difficult to express themselves and have poor communication skills. This research focuses on the counselor's self-disclosure in revealing his psychological problems in online counseling services. The research used a qualitative approach with descriptive research type. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation, documentation, and literature study. This research uses the concept of self-disclosure as well as the theory of the Johari Window and Communication Privacy Management. The results showed that the main factors that influence the counselee's self-disclosure are listeners and channels. The counselee's trust in the listener and the response given by the listener is the counselee's consideration. The channel factor in the form of a disinhibition effect affects the counselor's self-disclosure in online counseling services. The supporting factors for self-disclosure were found, namely the topic. The reasons for the counselor's self-disclosure include the tendency of dangerous psychological problems, physical pain, complaints, emotional support, asking for help, and psychological control. The counselor tends to get positive effects from self-disclosure such as catharsis, self-knowledge, and self-acceptance. The effects felt different for each individual, a negative effect was found in the form of vulnerability.

Bidirectional associations between maternal homework involvement, adolescents' academic motivation, and school well-being.

This study examined bidirectional associations between mothers' homework involvement (autonomy support and psychological control in homework situations), Finnish adolescents' academic motivation (intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, amotivation), and school well-being (school satisfaction, school-related stress) across the transitions to lower and upper secondary school. The sample consisted of Finnish adolescents (n = 841; 457 girls; age 12 at T1) and their mothers (n = 652; T1). The results showed that increased levels of maternal psychological control in Grade 7 predicted adolescents' decreased school satisfaction in Grade 9 but only indirectly via increased amotivation. In turn, adolescents' increased levels of school satisfaction decreased maternal psychological control via increased intrinsic motivation within Grade 9 and the first year of upper secondary education. Taken together, more knowledge and understanding should be provided to mothers to help them to support adolescents' motivation and school well-being in more optimal ways. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

A meta-analytic review of the relation between spatial anxiety and spatial skills.

Spatial skills are key predictors of achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, despite being acquired through everyday life and not formally taught in schools. Spatial skills include a diverse group of abilities broadly related to reasoning about properties of space such as distance and direction. Recently, more research has investigated the link between spatial skills and spatial anxiety, defined as a fear or apprehension felt when engaged in spatial thinking. There has yet to be a meta-analytic review summarizing these findings. Thus, the goal of this preregistered meta-analytic review is to provide an estimate of the size of the relation between spatial anxiety and spatial skills while considering several moderators (grade/age group, sex, spatial skills measure/subtype, spatial anxiety measure/subtype, geographical region of sample, publication type/year, and risk of bias). Analyzing 283 effect sizes accumulated from research conducted between 1994 and 2020, we found a small, negative, and statistically significant (r = -.14) correlation between spatial anxiety and spatial skills. Results showed that effect sizes including mental manipulation anxiety, scalar comparison anxiety, and navigation skill were often significantly stronger than effect sizes including measures of other subtypes. The magnitude of the relation was not significantly different in children and adults, though effect sizes tended to be weaker for younger samples (r = -.08). Our results are consistent with previous findings of a significant relation between spatial anxiety and skills, and this work bridges a gap in the existing research, lending support to future research efforts investigating spatial cognition. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

어머니의 심리적 통제가 대학생의 사회불안에 미치는 영향: 자아분화의 매개효과와 사회적 지지로 조절된 자아분화의 매개효과

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

어머니의 심리적 통제와 아동의 분노표현방식 간의 관계: 기본심리욕구 만족 및 좌절의 매개효과

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.&#x0D; 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.&#x0D; 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.&#x0D; 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.

Advancements in Machine Learning Technologies for Detecting and Addressing Harmful Behaviours in Online Platforms

Abstract: Social engineering attacks, which take use of psychological manipulation rather than technical flaws, represent a serious threat to people, organizations, and society at large. This research paper explores the field of social engineering detection and provides a thorough analysis of current approaches, their efficacy, and the difficulties encountered in spotting and countering these misleading techniques. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the use of machine learning and deep learning technologies to detect and address harmful behaviours such as hate speech, cyberbullying, phishing, and spam on social media and communication platforms. It covers a range of studies and methods, including the application of various algorithms such as Enigma Cipher, Rail Fence Cipher, Convolutional Neural Networks, BiLSTM, decision trees, Logistic Regression, SVM, Naive Bayes, and others. The document highlights ongoing endeavours to tackle the issues posed by harmful activities online through innovative technological advancements, showcasing the continuous evolution in this dynamic field.

The Effect of Parental Psychological Control on Adolescents’ Academic Delayed Behavior

The Effect of Parental Psychological Control on Adolescents’ Academic Delayed Behavior

“Why don't you go to bed on time”? parental psychological control and bedtime procrastination among Chinese adolescents

ObjectiveAlthough bedtime procrastination has become a prevalent social problem among adolescents, little study has investigated the impact of parental psychological control on bedtime procrastination and the possible mechanisms underlying this relationship. To fill the gaps, this study constructed a moderated serial mediation model to test the mediating effects of negative affect and self-control, as well as the moderating effect of sensory processing sensitivity in the relation of parental psychological control to bedtime procrastination. MethodsTo evaluate our hypotheses, 2167 adolescents (Mage = 12.99, SD = 1.27) were recruited in the current cross-sectional study using multiple questionnaires. The data were analyzed using correlation analysis. Furthermore, structural equation modeling was used to examine the mediating effects of negative affect and self-control, as well as the moderating effect of sensory processing sensitivity. ResultsCorrelational analysis indicated a positive relation between parental psychological control and bedtime procrastination. The result of the structural equation modeling showed that negative affect and self-control act as mediators in the relation of parental psychological control to bedtime procrastination. Furthermore, the model indicated the moderating effect of sensory processing sensitivity. Specifically, adolescents who were more sensitive to sensory processing were also more likely to have more negative affect when faced with parental psychological control. ConclusionThese results may offer some direction for the intervention to lessen bedtime procrastination among adolescents.

Disparities in Cannabis Use among Female and Male Sexual Minority Young Adults in the US: The Role of Parenting Behaviors.

Despite cannabis use disparities among sexual minority (SM; vs. heterosexual) young adults (SMYAs), little research has explored social influences contributing to these disparities. This study examined sexual identity subgroup differences in parenting behaviors and associations among parenting behaviors and cannabis use behaviors among YA subgroups. Participants were female (N=416; 44.7% bisexual, 7.2% lesbian) and male (N=228; 11.0% bisexual, 13.2% gay) YAs (ages 18-29) recruited via social media from 6 US cities. Bivariate analyses examined differences in perceived parenting (psychological control, behavioral control, knowledge, autonomy support, warmth, communication, cannabis disapproval), any past-month (current) cannabis use, and current cannabis use frequency across sexual identity subgroups. Multivariable regression examined associations among sexual identity and parenting behaviors with cannabis use outcomes. Among female YAs, bisexual (vs. heterosexual) YAs had greater odds of cannabis use, reported more frequent use, and reported greater parental psychological control and less behavioral control, autonomy support, warmth, and communication; greater psychological control was associated with both outcomes; less autonomy support was associated with current use; and less warmth and communication were associated with use frequency. Among male YAs, gay and bisexual (vs. heterosexual) YAs had greater odds of current use and reported more frequent use and greater psychological control; gay (vs. heterosexual) YAs reported greater behavioral control and less autonomy support, warmth, and communication; and greater psychological control and less warmth and communication were associated with both outcomes. Cannabis prevention/cessation programs should target specific parenting behaviors that differentially impact cannabis use outcomes among specific SMYA subgroups.

The effect of parental burnout on psychological adjustment among Chinese children with developmental disabilities: the roles of parental autonomy support and psychological control

Objectives Children with developmental disabilities (DD) suffer from adverse psychological adjustment due to parental burnout. The current study aimed to examine how parental burnout affected psychological adjustment in children with DD, and the roles of parental psychological control and autonomy support as mediators. Methods In the current study, 332 Chinese parents of children with DD were investigated using the Chinese versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Parental Autonomy Support Scale, Psychological Control Questionnaire, Parent Self-Report, and Parental Burnout Assessment. The data analysis approaches included correlation and mediation effect analyses. Results The results indicated that parental burnout was negatively correlated with prosocial behavior and positively correlated with emotional/behavioral problems. Moreover, the mediation analysis showed that the effect of parental burnout on prosocial behavior was mediated by both parental autonomy support and psychological control, whereas the effect on emotional/behavioral problems was mediated by psychological control. Conclusions These findings provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between parental burnout, parental psychological control, autonomy support, and psychological adjustment in children with DD, and provide theoretical guidance and empirical evidence for strategies to improve psychological adjustment in children with DD.

Understanding the Impact of Parent-Child Relationships on Emotion Regulation: A Comprehensive Review

This paper explores the impact of parenting on adolescents' self-regulation, emphasizing the importance of parental socialization in shaping individuals' beliefs, worldviews, and behaviors. It highlights that effective emotion regulation in children is associated with parents' emotional support, positive affect, emotion coaching, and joint strategies. Conversely, difficulties in emotion regulation in adolescents are linked to parents' psychological control, permissiveness, expressed anger, and criticism. Furthermore, the study reveals that adolescents experience more positive affect when in the presence of their parents compared to when they are alone, indicating ongoing parental influence on emotion regulation throughout adolescence. Consequently, the paper underscores the need for practitioners working with parents and families to develop intervention and prevention efforts targeting three primary ways parents impact emotion regulation: modeling/observation, specific parenting practices related to emotion, and families' emotional climate. These efforts should focus on enhancing parents' emotion-regulation skills and teaching emotion-coaching techniques that emphasize warmth, responsiveness, and setting limits. Keywords: Parent-Child Relationships, Emotion Regulation, Adolescents, Parenting Practices, Intervention

The role of mothers’ child-based self-worth in their parenting practices

This study examined mothers’ tendency to base their self-esteem on their children’s accomplishments (i.e., child-based worth) and its potential implications for their parenting practices. Child-based worth was assessed in three domains of development: virtue, academic competence, and physical appearance. Participants were 302 mothers (age range: 21–69) of early to middle adolescents (age range: 10–17; 59% girls) in the United States. Mothers completed a survey about their child-based self-worth and use of autonomy-supportive and controlling practices. Results showed that mothers of adolescents tended to base their self-worth on children’s academic competence to a greater extent, compared to virtue and physical appearance. Child-based worth in virtue and physical appearance were associated with heightened psychological control, after adjusting for covariates. In addition, mothers who based their self-worth on their children’s physical appearance tended to show dampened autonomy support. Findings suggest that the implications of mothers’ child-based worth for their parenting practices may vary depending on the domain of children’s development.

Nursing Care For Schizophrenia Patients With Mindfullness Therapy Intervention In The Mentari Room Muhammadiyah Lamongan Hospital

Schizophrenia is a type of mental disorder that is often found. Schizophrenia is a disease that affects the brain and causes strange and disturbed thoughts, perceptions, emotions, movements, behavior. The prevalence of schizophrenia is estimated at around 1% of the world's population. 5 clients with a medical diagnosis of schizophrenia with nursing problems of sensory perception disorders in the Mentari ward of Muhammadiyah Lamongan Hospital. The research design uses descriptive in the form of a case review. The approach used is nursing care which includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. The results of the implementation of nursing care for 5 patients obtained the same nursing diagnosis, namely sensory perception disorders. The problem of sensory perception disorders in 5 patients was partially resolved within 2-3 implementations. The healing process differs for each patient, due to the history of illnesses that aggravate the patient's condition, such as hypertension, age, nutrition, and psychological control which are different for each patient. From the results of this study it can be concluded that mindfulness therapy techniques can be implemented in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. because it can increase the control of hallucinations in clients.&#x0D; Keywords: Nursing Care, Schizophrenia, Mindfulness Therap

Parental psychological control and emotional well-being among emerging adults: The moderating role of parent-oriented self-construals

It has been well documented that parental psychological control is detrimental to child and adolescent development. Yet, when entering emerging adulthood, the centrality of relationships with parents in youth’s lives may differ across individuals as well as cultures, making both cross- and within-cultural variations in the implications of parental psychological control for emerging adults’ emotional well-being worth exploration. Therefore, this research examined the relations from parental psychological control to youth’s emotional well-being among emerging adults from two cultures, and the moderating role of youth’s parent-oriented interdependent self-construals (i.e., the extent to which youth view their relationships with parents as self-defining) in these relations within each culture. A cross-cultural study was conducted among European American and Hong Kong Chinese college students in the United States and China, respectively (N = 276; 68.1% females; mean age = 20.39 years, SD = 1.33). It was found that youth’s perceived parental psychological control related to their dampened emotional well-being to a similar extent in both cultures. Moreover, these relations were moderated by youth’s parent-oriented self-construals similarly in both cultures, such that the negative associations between youth’s perceived parental psychological control and their emotional well-being were significant only among youth with high (vs low) levels of parent-oriented self-construals. The findings demonstrate the negative implications of parental psychological control for youth’s emotional well-being during emerging adulthood, and suggest that youth’s parent-oriented self-construals may amplify such implications.

Does dynamic balance affect cube mental rotation task in badminton vs. volleyball female players?

BackgroundChanging from a static to a dynamic balance condition could affect the performance of a cognitive task such as mental rotation. Thus, the main goal of this study is to investigate aspects of visual-spatial cognition between two non-contact sports (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in different upright conditions (i.e., standing position, frontal balance, and sagittal balance).MethodsThirty-five volunteer female sports and physical education students, fourteen specialists in badminton and twenty-one specialists in volleyball agreed to participate in this study. Each of the assessments was a 3D cube mental rotation task with and/or without balance exercises (i.e., frontal and/or sagittal balance) on a wobble board. Five stimuli were used in the mental rotation task (i.e., 45°, 135°, 180°, 225° and 315° for objected-based cube condition with egocentric transformation) which included pairs of standard and comparison images.ResultsThe findings indicate that there was a notable decrease (p < 0.001; d = 1.745) in response time in both dynamic balance conditions (i.e., frontal and sagittal balance) compared to standing position condition. In addition, results revealed significant interaction between balance conditions (i.e., frontal and/or sagittal balance) and groups (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in the response time at 225° angle and in the error percentage.ConclusionsIn sum, dynamic balance is also an activity that involves mental manipulation of objects in 3D space, which can enhance badminton and volleyball female players’ ability to rotate 3D cube stimuli.