Overparenting and psychological wellbeing among Chinese adolescents: Findings based on latent growth modeling.

Autor: Leung JTY; Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong., Shek DTL; Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence [J Res Adolesc] 2024 Sep; Vol. 34 (3), pp. 871-883. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 08.
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12960
Abstrakt: Although overparenting is a growing phenomenon across the globe, there is a severe lack of longitudinal studies examining the trajectory of overparenting and its effects on early adolescent development, particularly in non-Western contexts. The study collected three waves of longitudinal data from 1328 early Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong with an interval of 1 year to examine the stability and change of perceived paternal and maternal overparenting and their effects on adolescent psychological wellbeing. The results indicated that perceived paternal and maternal overparenting declined over time. Besides, adolescents reported lower anxiety and depressive symptoms when they perceived a steep decline in maternal overparenting. Adolescent anxiety at earlier time points also predicted a steeper decline in paternal and maternal overparenting trajectories respectively. Furthermore, we identified gender differences in the initial level of paternal overparenting and the trajectory of maternal overparenting, as well as the effects of rates of change of maternal overparenting on adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms. The findings give support for self-determination theory and the separation-individuation model, suggesting that changes of overparenting may hinder adolescents' desires for autonomy and self-direction, which may increase their psychological morbidity. The study contributes to theoretical development of contemporary Chinese socialization models and provides useful pointers for future studies of overparenting.
(© 2024 Society for Research on Adolescence.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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