Latent Profile Analysis of Parental Psychological Control and Its Associations with Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
AUTHOR : 권오연, 임정하
INFORMATION : page. 47~60 / 2023 Vol.30 No.4
ABSTRACT
This study aims to investigate the different profiles of parental psychological control, specifically focusing on separation-anxious psychological control and achieve-ment-oriented psychological control, and their associations with depressive symptoms in adolescent children. Participants were 367 middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi area. The levels of parental psychological control and depressive symptoms were measured using self-report questionnaires. The data were analyzed using t-test, Pearson’s correlations, latent profile analysis, and one-way ANOVA. The findings from the latent profile analysis indicated the existence of four distinct subtypes of psychological control as perceived by adolescent children: high maternal separation-anxiety control (HMSC, 7.1%), no parental psychological control (NPPC, 67.6%), low parental psycho-logical control (LPPC, 17.2%), and high parental psychological control (HPPC, 8.2%). Adolescent children in the NPPC profile exhibited significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms when compared to those in the other profiles. These results suggest that psy-chological control even from a parent may aggravate depressive symptoms of adolescents.