@booklet {43977,
	title = {Between Rock and a Hard Place: Internal and External Psychological Control and Preschoolers{\textquoteright} Social-Emotional Adjustment},
	journal = {Journal of Child and Family Studies},
	volume = {33},
	year = {2024},
	note = {Export Date: 02 July 2025; Cited By: 1},
	month = {2024},
	pages = {3258 - 3271},
	abstract = {Although parental psychological control has been found to be detrimental to children{\textquoteright}s psychological functioning, less is known about the role of internal and external maternal and paternal psychological control in preschoolers{\textquoteright} socio-emotional development. In this cross-sectional, multi-informant study, we rely on the self-determination theory to examine the relations between internal (i.e., guilt induction) and external (i.e., constraining verbal expressions and erratic emotional behavior) mother-reported and father-reported psychological control and preschoolers{\textquoteright} (N = 136; 51.5\% males; Mage = 5.53, SD = 0.66 years) externalizing symptoms, internalizing symptoms, and social competence, as reported by their teachers. Regression analyses revealed unique relations between internal and external psychological control and preschoolers{\textquoteright} social-emotional adjustment. While external psychological control related negatively to preschoolers{\textquoteright} social competence and positively to anger-aggression, internal psychological control emerged as the unique predictor of anxiety-withdrawal. Importantly, the results indicated that these findings were consistent for both mothers and fathers. Our findings suggest that parental internal and external psychological control differentially relate to children{\textquoteright}s socio-emotional adjustment in early childhood. {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2024.},
	keywords = {Child behavior problems, Father, Guilt induction, Psychological control, Self-determination theory},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85204565953\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10826-024-02901-3\&partnerID=40\&md5=2d5c5665fb0ba437c5d61fa9faa0ca75},
	author = {Guldeste, G. and Van der Kaap-Deeder, J. and Mouratidis, A.}
}
