Adolescent temperament and parental control in the development of the adolescent decision making in a Chilean sample⋆

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The study analyzes the way in which adolescents’ temperamental characteristics interact with parental control to shape adolescent decision making development. A sample of high‐school Chilean adolescents (N = 391) answered a self‐report questionnaire that included measures of behavioral autonomy (the extent to which adolescents make decisions in personal and prudential domains), parental behavioral and psychological control, and temperamental characteristics. A path analysis model indicated that adolescents’ anger–frustration had a direct association with decision‐making in the personal and prudential domains; fearfulness had an inverse association with adolescent decision‐making, but only in the prudential domain. Perceived psychological control was associated with adolescents’ reduced decision‐making autonomy in the personal domain, while perceived behavioral control was associated with less adolescent autonomy in both personal and prudential domains. Additionally, a moderation effect was found such that the association of parental behavioral control on decision‐making in the prudential domain was dependent on the adolescent fearfulness level.
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  • Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (1070852)
  • Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1070852)

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