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Latent Profile Analysis of Parenting Behaviors with Promotion of Independence, Volitional Functioning, and Psychological Control
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Abstract
The study aims to identify a typology of parents who vary in the levels of autonomy-support and psychological control using latent profile analysis and to examine autonomy development of adolescent children with the identified profiles of parenting. Participants were 441 undergraduate students recruited from nationwide universities. Perceived parenting behaviors including promotion of independence, promotion of volitional functioning, and psychological control of father and mother, and autonomy were reported by an adolescent child through web-based questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlations, latent profile analysis, and one-way ANOVA. The results of the latent profile analysis revealed that there were four subtypes of parenting as perceived by adolescent children: autonomy-supporting parents (ASP, 55.6%), controlling father and autonomy-supporting mother (CFAM, 4.5%), autonomy- supporting father and controlling mother (AFCM, 3.4%), and psychologically controlling parents (PCP, 36.5%). Adolescent children of the PCP profile showed a significantly lower level of autonomy when compared to the adolescent children of the ASP profile and the CFAM profile. Implications for family intervention and parent education to promote the autonomy development of adolescent children are discussed.