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Perceived Parenting and Basic Need Satisfaction among Portuguese Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2015

Pedro Cordeiro ,
Maria Paula Paixão  and
Willy Lens
Pedro Cordeiro*
Affiliation:
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
Maria Paula Paixão
Affiliation:
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
Willy Lens
Affiliation:
University of Leuven (Belgium)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Pedro Miguel Gomes Cordeiro. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra. Rua do Colégio Novo. 3000–115. Coimbra (Portugal). Phone: +351–966664542. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We examined the psychometric properties of the Parenting Questionnaire in a sample of Portuguese high school students. Two measurement models were specified. Model 1m,f specifies a bi-dimensional structure of parental need-support and behavioral control. Model 2m,f proposes a tripartite structure of parental need-support, psychological control and behavioral control. Model 2m,f. best-fitted the data, being also supported in terms of convergent, discriminant validity. Regression results found the unique effect of autonomy-support (M2mr,b = .25 p < .001; M2fr,b = .14 p < .01), responsiveness-warmth (Model 2mr,b = .19, p < .001; Model 2fr, b = .13 p < .05) and behavior control on basic need-satisfaction (Model 2mr:b = .14 p < .05), but a non-significant effect of psychological control on need-frustration (p > .05). Notably, psychological control predicted low need-satisfaction (M2mr: b = –.10) and moderated of the positive effect of parental need-support on need-satisfaction, M2mr: F(3, 367) = 11.62, p < .001. Psychological control and need-support also moderated the positive effect of behavior control on competence satisfaction, with parental need-support amplifying this effect and psychological control buffering it. Overall the findings support the substantive distinction between the parenting dimensions, suggesting that need-satisfaction is enhanced by need-supportive and behavioural control and undermined by psychological control.

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parentingneed satisfactionadolescentsPortugal
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 18 , 2015 , E62
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2015 

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