Parental psychological control (PPC)'s association with romantic relationships and the mechanisms through which PPC impairs relationship qualities remain crucial questions to understanding PPC. To this end, we examine if insecure attachment at age 18 mediated the association between PPC perceived at age 16 and jealousy at age 22. Our results showed that PPC perceived at age 16 predicted attachment anxiety at age 18, which then predicted jealousy at age 22. Both mothers' and fathers' models show significant mediational paths, although only mothers' mediational paths remain significant when entered together with fathering in the model. The paths were significant regardless of the gender of the adolescents. The results suggest that adolescents of psychologically controlling parents may experience compromised attachment security during early emerging adulthood and carry that insecure attachment into their romantic relationships later in emerging adulthood. We discuss the implications for interventions and policy-making.

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在青春期感知到的父母心理控制预示着通过不安全的依恋在成年后对浪漫伴侣的嫉妒

父母心理控制 (PPC) 与浪漫关系的关联以及 PPC 损害关系质量的机制仍然是理解 PPC 的关键问题。为此，我们研究了 18 岁时的不安全依恋是否介导了 16 岁时感知到的 PPC 与 22 岁时嫉妒之间的关联。我们的结果表明，16 岁时感知到的 PPC 预测了 18 岁时的依恋焦虑，然后预测了 22 岁时的嫉妒. 母亲和父亲的模型都显示出显着的中介路径，尽管只有母亲的中介路径在与父亲一起进入模型时仍然显着。无论青少年的性别如何，这些路径都很重要。结果表明，心理控制父母的青少年可能会在成年早期经历受损的依恋安全，并在成年后期将这种不安全的依恋带入他们的浪漫关系中。我们讨论了干预和决策的影响。