Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Parental psychological control and adolescents’ academic adjustment: a moderated serial mediation model
Originally published 2026-10-19 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1910535 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
When does my interest in schoolwork start to feel like pressure?
This article examines how psychological control relates to adolescents’ academic adjustment. It offers a point of comparison for parents weighing useful structure against pressure that can crowd out a young person’s own judgement.
Who was studied?
Six hundred and twenty Chinese adolescents completing questionnaires about psychological control and school adjustment.
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how psychological control relates to adolescents’ academic adjustment?
- 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 six hundred and twenty Chinese adolescents completing questionnaires about psychological control and school adjustment.
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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Shangjie Meng; Xingnan Zhan; Chengzhe Guo (2026). Parental psychological control and adolescents’ academic adjustment: a moderated serial mediation model Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1910535
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