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An examination of the controlling dynamics involved in parental child-invested contingent self-esteem

Dorien Wuyts (UGent) , Maarten Vansteenkiste (UGent) , Bart Soenens (UGent) and Avi Assor
(2015) PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 15(2). p.55-74
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Objective. The present study examined dynamics involved in parents' tendency to hinge their self-esteem on their children's achievements (i.e., child-invested contingent self-esteem). In two studies, a model was tested in which perceived social pressure to be an achievement-promoting parent, and parents' own controlled causality orientation, served as antecedents of parental child-invested contingent self-esteem which, in turn, was related to achievement-oriented psychologically controlling parenting. Design. Study 1 was a cross-sectional study in which 254 mothers, 248 fathers, and their 12-year-old children completed a self-report survey. Study 2 was a short-term longitudinal study of 186 parents of 10-year-old children. Results. Both studies provided support for the hypothesized model. Study 1 showed that the model held even when controlling for parents' level of self-esteem. Study 2 showed that increases in parental child-invested contingent self-esteem were related to increases in achievement-oriented psychologically controlling parenting even when controlling for child performance. Conclusions. Parents' tendency to invest their self-worth in their child's performance is related to a psychologically controlling parenting style and is influenced by parents' personality as well as their perception of the social environment.
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CAPITALISM, DIMENSIONS, MOTIVATION, PERFECTIONISM, MOTHERS, PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL, AUTONOMY SUPPORT, STANDARDS, MEDIATION, BEHAVIOR

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Wuyts, Dorien, et al. “An Examination of the Controlling Dynamics Involved in Parental Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem.” PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, vol. 15, no. 2, 2015, pp. 55–74, doi:10.1080/15295192.2015.1020135.
APA
Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Assor, A. (2015). An examination of the controlling dynamics involved in parental child-invested contingent self-esteem. PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 15(2), 55–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2015.1020135
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Wuyts, Dorien, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens, and Avi Assor. 2015. “An Examination of the Controlling Dynamics Involved in Parental Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem.” PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 15 (2): 55–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2015.1020135.
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Wuyts, Dorien, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens, and Avi Assor. 2015. “An Examination of the Controlling Dynamics Involved in Parental Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem.” PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 15 (2): 55–74. doi:10.1080/15295192.2015.1020135.
Vancouver
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Wuyts D, Vansteenkiste M, Soenens B, Assor A. An examination of the controlling dynamics involved in parental child-invested contingent self-esteem. PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 2015;15(2):55–74.
IEEE
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D. Wuyts, M. Vansteenkiste, B. Soenens, and A. Assor, “An examination of the controlling dynamics involved in parental child-invested contingent self-esteem,” PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 55–74, 2015.
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