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ERIC Number: EJ1478647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Aug
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0961-205X
EISSN: EISSN-1467-9507
Available Date: 2025-06-13
Associations between Parent and Adolescent General and Domain-Specific Self Control
Amy L. Gentzler1; Matty Johnston1; Avneet Batra1; Christa L. Lilly1
Social Development, v34 n3 e12814 2025
Adolescent self-control is predictive of many outcomes (e.g., educational, financial, and interpersonal) during adolescence and into adulthood. Despite its importance, few studies report on associations between parental self-control and adolescent self-control, and no studies have considered how these associations may be domain-specific (e.g., teens and parents' self-control are correlated for health behaviors but not for leisure activities). The current study examined how parents' general and domain-specific self-control were related to their adolescent children's self-control. The study included 213 adolescents (M[subscript age]= 15.65, SD = 0.49; 53.5% girls) and at least one of their parents (184 = mother-figures; 67 = father-figures) from the Appalachian region of the United States who each reported on general and domain-specific self-control. Results indicated that mothers' general self-control was related to teens reporting higher concurrent general self-control, but fathers' health self-control was related to teens' reports of lower general self-control. Mothers' and fathers' health-related self-control were also related to their teens' concurrent health self-control. When examining teen self-control 6 months later, mothers' work self-control predicted higher teen academic self-control, mothers' general self-control predicted higher teen health self-control, and fathers' general self-control predicted higher teen money self-control. This study provides novel evidence to support both general and domain-specific models of self-control and suggests domain specificity may be essential to better understand how youth self-control develops.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: R15HD07892001
Author Affiliations: 1West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA