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      Parent-Child Attunement Moderates the Prospective Link between Parental Overcontrol and Adolescent Adjustment.

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          Parental overcontrol (OC), behavior that intrusively or dominantly restricts child autonomy, has been identified as a transdiagnostic risk factor for youth. However, it is as yet unknown whether the association between parental OC and child maladjustment remains even when OC is exerted infrequently or by attuned parents. Rather, the selective use of OC might steer children away from danger. Taking a developmental psychopathology approach, this study focuses on the larger parent-child relationship context, testing whether either the dose at which parents demonstrate OC or the degree to which children perceive their parents as attuned determines whether OC is risky or protective for adolescents' adjustment. Among a community sample of 114 families of children followed from the ages of 12-18, we examine whether OC, behaviorally coded from triadic mother-father-child discussions in middle childhood, is associated with later risky behavior and anxiety symptoms in adolescence. Overcontrol exerted by either mothers or fathers had a curvilinear effect on adolescent risky behaviors, and this effect was moderated by children's perceived attunement. Although OC generally was associated with increased risky behaviors, low doses of OC or OC exerted by highly attuned parents protected against engagement in risky behaviors. No main effect of OC was observed on adolescent anxiety; however, mothers' OC interacted with perceived parental attunement, such that OC exerted by less attuned parents predicted greater anxiety. Results underscore that the effect of parenting behaviors depends on the larger parent-child relationship context.

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          Journal
          Fam Process
          Family process
          Wiley
          1545-5300
          0014-7370
          Sep 2018
          : 57
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
          [2 ] University of California, Irvine, CA.
          Article
          NIHMS1689447
          10.1111/famp.12330
          8087184
          29057468
          5e2cc9a4-24a5-4cfb-85f8-1ebce1cd3b90
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          青少年,风险行为,过度控制,焦虑,家长-儿童关系,relaciones entre padres e hijos,control excesivo,comportamiento riesgoso,ansiedad,adolescencia,Risky Behavior,Parent-Child Relationships,Overcontrol,Anxiety,Adolescence

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