Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Divergent Mechanisms Linking Parental Psychological Control to Perfectionism Among Adolescents: The Longitudinal Role of Need Frustration
Originally published 2026-07-08 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs16071145 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
When my child sets a very high standard, whose expectations do they think they are meeting?
This article examines how psychological control relates over time to teens’ concerns about meeting very high standards. 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?
Adolescents completing three waves of measurement at six-month intervals.
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how psychological control relates over time to teens’ concerns about meeting very high standards?
- Which measurements came first, and what changes between waves could also explain the pattern?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is adolescents completing three waves of measurement at six-month intervals.
Keep the limits in view
Following families over time helps establish the order of measurements. Other changing experiences could still account for the associations.
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Binxu Wang; Yan Liu (2026). Divergent Mechanisms Linking Parental Psychological Control to Perfectionism Among Adolescents: The Longitudinal Role of Need Frustration Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071145
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