The role of intergenerational similarity and parenting in adolescent self‐criticism: An actor–partner interdependence model

Abstract

Research investigating the development of adolescent self-criticism has typically focused on the role of either parental self-criticism or parenting. This study used an actor-partner interdependence model to examine an integrated theoretical model in which achievement-oriented psychological control has an intervening role in the relation between parental and adolescent self-criticism. Additionally, the relative contribution of both parents and the moderating role of adolescent gender were examined. Participants were 284 adolescents (M = 14 years, range = 12-16 years) and their parents (M = 46 years, range = 32-63 years). Results showed that only maternal self-criticism was directly related to adolescent self-criticism. However, both parents' achievement-oriented psychological control had an intervening role in the relation between parent and adolescent self-criticism in both boys and girls. Moreover, one parent's achievement-oriented psychological control was not predicted by the self-criticism of the other parent.

Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: The role of psychological basic needs

“…separate analyses for mother and fathers, or create a combined score for both parents or used only one parent (Bleys et al, 2016), this study instead would extend previous results integrating the importance of considering the interdependence that exists between dyad members (fathers and mothers). Therefore, this study could contribute to the understanding of personal and partner factors that may interact with the development of parenting practices and may have consequences on child's adjustment.…”

Parental psychological control, adolescent self‐criticism, and adolescent depressive symptoms: A latent change modeling approach in Belgian adolescents

“…With regard to the influence of parental gender on the hypothesized structural relations, we found that perceived maternal psychological control had a stronger and more consistent association with self‐criticism than paternal psychological control. In light of a few cross‐sectional studies demonstrating unique associations of maternal and paternal parenting with self‐criticism (e.g., Bleys et al., ; Soenens et al., ), this finding is somewhat unexpected and warrants further research. Because both maternal and paternal ratings of parenting were related to self‐criticism when considered separately, and because the unique effects of maternal parenting emerged only when accounting for the substantial covariance between maternal and paternal parenting, more research is clearly needed.…”

The Explanatory Role of Basic Psychological Need Experiences in the Relation between Dependency, Self-Criticism and Psychopathology in Adolescence

“…The data collection was part of a larger research project concerning gene-environment interactions in adolescence (Bleys et al, 2016). The recruitment of all adolescents and their parents was organized in the context of an undergraduate course in developmental psychology, in which trained students got the assignment to invite two families to participate in this study.…”