A moment of autonomy support brightens adolescents' mood: Autonomy support,psychological control and adolescent affect in everyday life |
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| Authors: | Jolene van der Kaap-Deeder Anne Bülow Joachim Waterschoot Isabel Truyen Loes Keijsers |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;2. Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;4. Konvert Interim Vlaanderen, Kortrijk, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | This experience sampling study examined whether autonomy-supportive and psychologically controlling interactions with parents are intertwined with adolescents' momentary affect. For 7 days (in 2020), 143 adolescents (Mage = 15.82; SDage = 1.75; 64% girls; 95% European, 1% African, 3% unknown) reported 5 or 6 times a day how they felt and how interactions with parents were experienced. Preregistered dynamic structural equation models on 1439 (including 532 adjacent) parent–adolescent interactions revealed significant within-family associations: Adolescents experienced more positive affect during and following autonomy-supportive interactions, and vice versa. Adolescents felt more negative affect during and 3 h before psychologically controlling interactions. Between-family associations showed significant linkages between parenting and affect. These findings show that a moment of autonomy support can alter adolescents' everyday well-being. |
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