Emerging adulthood (18-29y) is a special life stage under the background of social industrialization. At this stage, individuals are gradually differentiated from their original families, but still under the continuous influence of parental psychological control. In the process of becoming independent, they are forming a clear and stable cognition of their position in the society. Vocational identity is the key task in this stage. The Present study explored the potential mechanism between parental psychological control and vocational identity, considering the role of personal growth initiative (PGI) and maladaptive perfectionism in between. The results suggested that: Maternal psychological control reported was significantly higher than that of paternal psychological control. Males reported significantly higher parental and maternal psychological control, PGI, maladaptive perfectionism and vocational identity than females. There was a significant negative correlation between maternal psychological control and vocational identity, but no significant correlation between paternal psychological control and vocational identity. Both paternal and maternal psychological control can significantly positively predict maladaptive perfectionism and indirectly affect vocational identity, with maladaptive perfectionism playing a mediating role. Paternal psychological control positively predicted PGI and indirectly predicted vocational identity. Maternal psychological control negatively predicted PGI and vocational identity, and PGI played a mediating role. In addition, the mechanism between parental psychological control and vocational identity differs in gender. Finally, paternal psychological control and maternal psychological control have interactive effects on the prediction of PGI. Paternal psychological control and PGI are positively correlated with maternal psychological control in high level, but not significant correlated when maternal control was low. This study provides a new theoretical model for emerging adulthood theory, providing empirical support for the underlying mechanisms of parental psychological control and vocational identity, to provide some guidance for interventions that helping emerging adults to develop vocational identity.
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