Why Is Maternal Control Harmful? The Relation between Maternal Control, Insecure Attachment and Antisocial Personality Disorder Features in Chinese College Students: A Sequential Mediation Model

Hui Ling (), Fanfei Meng, Yaqin Yan, Hong Feng, Jianren Zhang, Linrui Zhang and Siyang Yuan
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Hui Ling: Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Fanfei Meng: School of Preschool Education, Changsha Normal University, Changsha 410100, China
Yaqin Yan: Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Hong Feng: Hunan Wenjin Research Institute of Education, Changsha 410013, China
Jianren Zhang: Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Linrui Zhang: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON M4Y 1M7, Canada
Siyang Yuan: School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: Background: Previous work has indicated that a negative parenting style is associated with antisocial personality disorder features in Chinese college students, yet few studies have explored the unique role of negative mothering in children’s antisocial personality disorder. Methods: The current study mainly examined the sequential mediation effect of parental antipathy and neglect (PAN) and mother negative loving (a form of insecure attachment) in the association between mother control and adulthood antisocial personality disorder features (ASPD features) in the framework of attachment theory and cognitive–behavioral theory. A community sample of 1547 Chinese college students filled in the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire, the Adult Attachment Questionnaire and the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+. Results: A sequential mediation model analysis showed that maternal control significantly predicted PAN, mother negative loving, as well as ASPD features. Conclusions: Mother control and mother negative loving appear to advance on the development and exacerbation of ASPD features in college students.

Keywords: antisocial personality disorder; maternal control; parental antipathy and neglect; adverse childhood experience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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