Relations between Parenting and Adolescents’ Academic Functioning: The Mediating Role of Achievement Goal Orientations

We investigated whether and how adolescents’ perceived parental psychological control and autonomy support influence their maladaptive academic functioning through their achievement goal orientations. Participants were 845 tenth-grade students (447 boys, Mage = 15.20 ± .54 years; 398 girls, Mage = 15.13 ± .47 years) in China. Data were collected on their reported achievement goal orientations, perceived parental psychological control and...