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Parental acceptance and children’s psychological adjustment: The moderating effects of interpersonal power and prestige across age

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  • Miguel Angel Carrasco
  • Begoña Delgado
  • Francisco Pablo Holgado-Tello

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The differential contribution of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection to children’s psychological adjustment has been explained by differences in interpersonal power and prestige within families; however, there is not yet enough empirical support for this explanation. This study examines the moderating effects of interpersonal power and prestige on the relationship between perceived parental acceptance-rejection and psychological adjustment across children’s sex and age. The sample was composed of 913 children ranging in age from 9 to 16 years. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses in the total sample showed a significant and independent contribution of parental acceptance-rejection and parental power and prestige. No moderating effects of interpersonal power and prestige were found for the total sample. However, when the regression analyses were conducted across different age groups, maternal acceptance had a higher contribution to psychological adjustment in children from nine to ten years old. Interestingly, the moderating effects of interpersonal prestige (not interpersonal power) were also significant in younger participants. Furthermore, the moderating effects of prestige on maternal acceptance-rejection were different in late childhood than in early adolescence. These results suggest how parental prestige may explain the higher contribution of maternal acceptance to younger children’s psychological adjustment.

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  • Miguel Angel Carrasco & Begoña Delgado & Francisco Pablo Holgado-Tello, 2019. "Parental acceptance and children’s psychological adjustment: The moderating effects of interpersonal power and prestige across age," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0215325
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215325
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