Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
The Mediating Role of Dispositional Optimism and Perfectionism on the Relationship Between Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Support and Adolescents’ Well-Being
Originally published 2025-08-14 · European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ejihpe15080160 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Does my encouragement sound like support or like a condition my child has to meet?
The study compares perceived psychological control and support alongside different forms of perfectionism.
Who was studied?
Five hundred Italian adolescents averaging eighteen years of age.
Age / stage: Late adolescence
Read with three questions
- How did the authors distinguish forms of perfectionism in the proposed pathways?
- Whose perspective is represented by the ratings, and whose perspective is missing?
- Does my encouragement sound like support or like a condition my child has to meet?
Keep the limits in view
Reports from this sample may reflect who participated and how the questions were worded. Associations alone do not establish that a parenting response caused the outcome.
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Luana Sorrenti; Maria Imbesi; Carmelo Francesco Meduri; Angelo Fumia; Pina Filippello; Inmaculada Méndez Mateo (2025). The Mediating Role of Dispositional Optimism and Perfectionism on the Relationship Between Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Support and Adolescents’ Well-Being European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe15080160
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