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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 285-289Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01653.x
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parenting; culture; control
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Decades of research in Western countries such as the United States have supported the idea that parental control undermines children's psychological development. In recent years, investigators have asked whether this is also true in East Asian countries such as China, given that several aspects of East Asian culture have the potential to make children more accepting of parental control. We review research indicating that the effects of parental control on children's psychological functioning are similarly negative in the United States and China, the two countries where most research on this subject has been conducted. However, we also highlight specific contexts in which the effects may be stronger in the West.
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