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Self‐concept as a mechanism through which parental psychological control impairs empathy development from adolescence to emerging adulthood
Author(s) -
Choe So Young,
Lee Jungeun Olivia,
Read Stephen J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
social development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.078
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1467-9507
pISSN - 0961-205X
DOI - 10.1111/sode.12431
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , empathy , psychological control , early adulthood , empathic concern , adult development , competence (human resources) , mechanism (biology) , perspective (graphical) , adolescent development , young adult , perspective taking , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science
We examined the relationship among perceived parental psychological control (PPC), self‐concept, and empathy, from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Child Development Project longitudinal data analyses indicate that, when adolescents notice PPC at age 13, they have poor self‐concept (less competence) at age 16, and they show less empathic concern (EC) toward others at age 24. The indirect effects of self‐concept at age 16 are significant for EC, but not for perspective taking (PT). Moreover, perceived PPC at age 13 does not directly predict their EC at age 24, but it does their PT at age 24, and these results were found regardless of the gender of the parents and adolescents. Our results shed light on poor self‐concept in adolescence as a mechanism by which PPC impairs healthy emotional development from adolescence to emerging adulthood.