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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.2.845

Associations between Youth Self-Differentiation, Perceived Parental Control, and Psychological/Behavioral Problems -Mediating effects of Self-differentiation-

Chang, Kyung Moon (Graduate School of Education, Sookmyung Women's University)

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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.2, 2014 , pp. 845-854 More about this Journal

Abstract

This study investigated the associations between youths' perceived parental control, psychological/behavioral problems, and self-differentiation in a sample of 355 middle and high school students. The sex differences in these variables, and the influences of perceived parental control and self-differentiation on youths' psychological and behavioral problems were analyzed. The mediating effects of self-differentiation between parental control and youths' psychological/behavioral problems, and between psychological and behavioral problems were also investigated. Some sex differences in the variables were found. Youths' psychological and behavioral problems were influenced by self-differentiation and parental psychological control. The mediating effects of self- differentiation were significant either complete or partial way.

Keywords

Behavioral; Psychological Problem; Parental control; Self-differentiation; Mediating effects;

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