A Comparison of Three Parental Control Decisions’ Association With Self-Worth

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Mazie Watson
Mazie Watson

Mazie is a current sophomore at Wesleyan University from Los Angeles, CA. She is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Film.

Abstract: Studies have shown that different parenting styles have a significant effect on a child’s development (Axpe, Rodríguez-Fernández, Goñi, & Antonio-Agirre, 2019). Much of the research done on this topic focuses on the combined effects of parental control and warmth on development, but for this study, I decided to investigate how specific types of parental control in adolescence such as a weekend curfew imposition, control over friend groups, and control over clothing correlate with self-worth in adulthood. The results of this study show that there is a significant association between adolescents deciding who they hang around and having higher self-worth in adulthood.

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