The Relationship Between Parental Psychological Control And Risk-Taking Behavior Of Adolescents

Adolescence is a key period of transition from child to adult.There will be a series of changes in individual physiology,psychology,social relations and so on,while the emotional and cognitive development of adolescents is not yet mature.Therefore,this period is also a period of high incidence of adolescent risk-taking behaviors.There are positive and negative differences in risk-taking behavior.A large number of existing studies have pointed out that individuals in adolescence are prone to smoking,drinking,drug abuse and even illegal and criminal negative risk-taking behaviors,which will have a certain negative impact on themselves,others and society.Although positive risk-taking behavior is not dangerous to others and society,it can not be ignored that it still has potential adverse consequences for teenagers themselves.Therefore,it is of great practical significance to explore the shadow noise factors and its internal mechanism of adolescent risk-taking behavior for the intervention of adolescent risk-taking behavior,and it is of great guiding significance to the physical and mental health and life of adolescents.In this study,820 middle school students were assessed with parental psychological control scale,adolescent risk behavior questionnaire,peer aggression questionnaire and intentionality self-regulation questionnaire to investigate the relationship between parental psychological control and adolescent risk-taking behavior,as well as the influence mechanism of peer aggression and intentionality self-regulation.The results show that:(1)Parental psychological control can positively predict the risk-taking behavior of adolescents;(2)Psychological control of parents can predict peer victimization positively;(3)Peer victimization plays an intermediary role in the relationship between the psychological control of the parents and the negative risk behaviors of adolescents;(4)Intentionality self-regulation plays a moderated role in the above relationship.The results show that the family is the basis for the healthy growth of adolescents,and high-intensity parental psychological control will affect the emergence and development of adolescent risk-taking behavior.At the same time,we also need to consider the internal mechanism of peer and self-factors affectingadolescent risk-taking behavior.Shaping a good peer environment and cultivating good self-quality can reduce the occurrence of adolescent risk-taking behavior.