Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
The Relationship between Parental Autonomy Support and Children’s Self-Concept in China—The Role of Basic Psychological Needs
Originally published 2024-05-15 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs14050415 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What choices give my child a chance to discover what they feel capable of?
This article examines how parental encouragement of choice relates to children’s self-concept. The family question centres on who owns a decision and how a young person experiences adult support.
Who was studied?
Children aged six to thirteen in eastern China.
Age / stage: Ages 6–13
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how parental encouragement of choice relates to children’s self-concept?
- 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 children aged six to thirteen in eastern China.
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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Wei Chen; Ying Sun; Yiqing He (2024). The Relationship between Parental Autonomy Support and Children’s Self-Concept in China—The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050415
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