Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Parental Psychological Control and Risk-Taking among Taiwanese Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Benefit Perception as a Mediator
Originally published 2024-09-13 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph21091207 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What benefit does my child see in a risk that looks pointless to me?
This article examines how psychological control and perceived benefits of risk relate in Taiwanese youth. The family question centres on who owns a decision and how a young person experiences adult support.
Who was studied?
A Taiwanese sample reporting parenting, perceived benefits of risk and risk-taking behaviour.
Age / stage: Adolescence and emerging adulthood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how psychological control and perceived benefits of risk relate in Taiwanese youth?
- Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is a Taiwanese sample reporting parenting, perceived benefits of risk and risk-taking behaviour.
Keep the limits in view
The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.
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Catherine P Chou; Ryan D Burns (2024). Parental Psychological Control and Risk-Taking among Taiwanese Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Benefit Perception as a Mediator International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091207
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