Longitudinal associations between parental psychological control and adolescents' intergroup attitudes to prosocial behaviors towards ethnic outgroups

IF 3 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Journal of Adolescence Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1002/jad.12411

Afra Agalar, Deborah Laible, Gustavo Carlo, Jeffrey Liew

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Abstract

Introduction

While a substantial body of existing literature has examined the negative effects of parental psychological control on adolescents' prosocial behaviors, there is a noticeable gap in whether parental psychological control affects prosocial behaviors towards ethnic outgroup members. This three-wave longitudinal study investigated whether similar relations can be observed between parental psychological control and prosocial behaviors targeted at ethnic outgroup persons, and whether these relations are mediated by adolescents' intergroup attitudes.

Methods

Participants were 412 European American adolescents (42% girls; Mage = 15.63 years at Time 1) and their primary caregivers (52% mothers) residing in the United States. They completed online questionnaires. Parents completed a measure of parental psychological control at Time 1. Adolescents completed measures of intergroup attitudes, public, and altruistic outgroup prosocial behavior at all three time points (T1, T2, T3), each approximately 8 months apart. The retention rate was 38.1% (N = 157; 44% girls) at Time 3.

Results

Path analyses revealed a direct negative link between parental psychological control and altruistic prosocial behavior towards ethnic outgroup persons but a direct positive association to public prosocial behavior towards outgroup persons. Importantly, parental psychological control was indirectly related to adolescents' prosocial behavior towards ethnic outgroup persons, via its effect on their intergroup attitudes.

Conclusions

The findings underscore how parental psychological control and adolescents' intergroup attitudes contribute to shaping prosocial behaviors towards ethnic outgroups.

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父母的心理控制与青少年对族群外群体的跨群体态度和亲社会行为之间的纵向关联。

导言：现有的大量文献研究了父母的心理控制对青少年亲社会行为的负面影响，但在父母的心理控制是否会影响对族群外成员的亲社会行为方面却存在明显的空白。这项为期三波的纵向研究调查了父母的心理控制与针对族群外成员的亲社会行为之间是否存在类似的关系，以及这些关系是否受青少年的族群间态度的影响：研究对象为 412 名居住在美国的欧美青少年（42% 为女孩；时间 1 时年龄为 15.63 岁）及其主要照顾者（52% 为母亲）。他们填写了在线问卷。父母在第一时间填写了父母心理控制测量表。青少年在三个时间点（T1、T2、T3）完成了群体间态度、公众和利他主义外群体亲社会行为的测量，每个时间点相隔约 8 个月。结果显示，第 3 个时间点的保留率为 38.1%（N = 157；44% 为女生）：路径分析显示，父母的心理控制与对异族人的利他主义亲社会行为之间存在直接的负相关，但与对异族人的公共亲社会行为之间存在直接的正相关。重要的是，父母的心理控制通过对青少年群体间态度的影响，与青少年对族群外人员的亲社会行为间接相关：研究结果表明，父母的心理控制和青少年的群体间态度有助于形成对族群外人群的亲社会行为。

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Journal of Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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123

期刊介绍： The Journal of Adolescence is an international, broad based, cross-disciplinary journal that addresses issues of professional and academic importance concerning development between puberty and the attainment of adult status within society. It provides a forum for all who are concerned with the nature of adolescence, whether involved in teaching, research, guidance, counseling, treatment, or other services. The aim of the journal is to encourage research and foster good practice through publishing both empirical and clinical studies as well as integrative reviews and theoretical advances.