Parents’ peer restriction in the United States and China: A longitudinal study of early adolescents

This research examined parents’ exertion of control over children’s peer relationships in the United States and China. Three times over a year, 934 American and Chinese children (M age = 12.67 years) reported on their parents’ peer restriction (i.e., efforts to limit children’s connection or time with peers) and their psychological adjustment (i.e., delinquent behavior and internalizing symptoms). Parents’ peer restriction predicted decrements in children’s psychological adjustment over time similarly in the United States and China. However, children’s psychological adjustment predicted parents’ peer restriction over time to a greater extent in the United States (vs. China). Thus, culture may contribute to the socialization process involving parents’ exertion of control over children’s peer relationships, but only via child-driven pathways.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2019

Author dc:creator

• Xiong, Yu

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pomerantz, Eva Marie

• culture
• parental control
• parental peer management

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2019 Yu Xiong

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105241

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/105241