Autonomy-supportive parenting yields manifold benefits. To gain more insight into the family-level dynamics involved in autonomy-supportive parenting, the present study addressed three issues. First, on the basis of self-determination theory, we examined whether mothers’ satisfaction of the psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness related to autonomy-supportive parenting. Second, we investigated maternal autonomy support as an intervening variable in the mother–child similarity in psychological need satisfaction. Third, we examined associations between autonomy-supportive parenting and autonomy-supportive sibling interactions. Participants were 154 mothers (M age = 39.45, SD = 3.96) and their two elementary school-age children (M age = 8.54, SD = 0.89 and M age = 10.38, SD = 0.87). Although mothers’ psychological need satisfaction related only to maternal autonomy support in the younger siblings, autonomy-supportive parenting related to psychological need satisfaction in both siblings and to an autonomy-supportive interaction style between siblings. We discuss the importance of maternal autonomy support for family-level dynamics. / Peer review
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/578660 |
Date | 23 September 2015 |
Creators | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Kaap-Deeder, Jolene van der, Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Soenens, Bart, Loeys, Tom, Mabbe, Elien, Gargurevich, Rafael |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281833813_Autonomy-Supportive_Parenting_and_Autonomy-Supportive_Sibling_Interactions_The_Role_of_Mothers_and_Siblings_Psychological_Need_Satisfaction |
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