Self-control is an important psychological function. It is the ability of individuals to suppress or control behaviors that do not conform to expectations or standards without being influenced by impulses and temptations. Self-control plays a crucial role in the independent management and effective control of teenagers' psychology, physiology and behavior. Low level of self-control will lead to many psychological and behavioral problems of teenagers, such as aggressive behavior, Internet addiction, unhealthy lifestyle and so on. The negative effects may also be long-lasting across time. Low self-control in childhood predicts lower income and educational attainment in adulthood, the study found. Therefore, in-depth study on the formation and mechanism of adolescent self-control is of great significance for improving adolescent psychological behavior problems and promoting their healthy growth and development.The study included 729 junior and senior high school students aged 12-18 and their fathers and mothers. A total of 1,580 valid questionnaires (551 mother-child pairs, 322 father-child pairs, and 166 father-mother-child pairs) were collected by using Self-Control Scale, Generalized Anxiety Scale, Co-Parenting Scale and other anonymous electronic questionnaires. In this study, t test and one-way ANOVA were used to compare the differences in self-control level, co-parenting level and anxiety level of parents in different characteristic groups. In this study, the multiple mediating model of AMOS structural equation model and the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) were used to explore the influence mechanism of parental self-control on the intergenerational transmission of self-control in children, and to investigate the possible mediating role of parental co-parenting (child rating) and child anxiety. And the subject-object interaction between parental self-control and parental co-parenting (parents rating) and parental anxiety.The results of this study are as follows: (1) For self-control, the mean score of self-control level of the older, non-only-child and resident students was significantly higher. (2) For co-parenting, the score of mother’s conflict and triangulation dimensions (father rating) were significantly higher than those of father’s (mother rating). The score of boys' mother’s cooperative dimension was significantly higher than that of girls' mother’s. The scores of boys' father’s conflict and triangulation dimensions were significantly higher than those of girls' father’s. When mothers with higher education, the score of mother’s co-parenting (father rating) in conflict dimension was significantly higher. (3) The structural equation model showed that self-control level had intergenerational transmission effect among adolescents, and it had indirect effect through multiple mediating effects of co-parenting level (child rating) and child anxiety level. (4) The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model showed that the self-control levels of fathers and mothers had both subjective and object effects on the prediction of fathers' and mothers' anxiety levels; parental self-control significantly predicted children's self-control through maternal anxiety. (5) The predictive effect of self-control level of father and mother on co-parenting level of father and mother had both subject effect and object effects; parental self-control significantly predicted children's self-control through the level of co-parenting. Conclusion: There are multiple mediating effects between parental co-parenting level (child rating) and child anxiety in the intergenerational transmission of self-control. Parental self-control and parental anxiety have both spillover effects and crossover effects. Maternal anxiety has a significant mediating effect on the intergenerational transmission of self-control. There are both spillover effects and crossover effects between parental self-control and the co-parenting level of father and mother. The co-parenting level of father and mother has a significant mediating effect on the intergenerational transmission of self-control.
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