@article {239,
	title = {The emotional costs of parents{\textquoteright} conditional regard: a self-determination theory analysis.},
	journal = {J Pers},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004 Feb},
	pages = {47-88},
	abstract = {<p>Parents\&$\#$39; use of conditional regard as a socializing practice was hypothesized to predict their children\&$\#$39;s introjected internalization (indexed by a sense of internal compulsion), resentment toward parents, and ill-being. In Study 1, involving three generations, mothers\&$\#$39; reports of their parents\&$\#$39; having used conditional regard to promote academic achievement predicted (a) the mothers\&$\#$39; poor well-being and controlling parenting attitudes, and (b) their college-aged daughters\&$\#$39; viewing them as having used conditional regard, thus showing both negative affective consequences from and intergenerational transmission of conditional regard. Study 2 expanded on the first by using four domains, including both genders, and examining mediating processes. College students\&$\#$39; perceptions of their mothers\&$\#$39; and fathers\&$\#$39; having used conditional regard in four domains (emotion control, prosocial, academic, sport) were found to relate to introjected internalization, behavioral enactment, fluctuations in self-esteem, perceived parental disapproval, and resentment of parents. Introjection mediated the link from conditional regard to behavioral enactment. The results suggest that use of conditional regard as a socializing practice can promote enactment of the desired behaviors but does so with significant affective costs.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Intergenerational Relations, Male, Models, Psychological, Mothers, Parent-Child Relations, Personal Autonomy, Psychological Theory, Self Concept, Socialization},
	issn = {0022-3506},
	doi = {10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00256.x},
	author = {Assor, Avi and Roth, Guy and Deci, Edward L}
}
