Abstract: Research has shown that an individual‟s psychological and physical wellbeing is dependent on internal characteristics and external factors. Environmental influences like parents and the parenting styles adopted constitute the most important of the external factors. Psychological control, an aspect of parenting, is defined as parental control that intrudes on the psychological and emotional development of the adolescent (Barber et al., 2005). The broad objectives of present study were to investigate the relationships between psychological control on perceived stress.The study also examined the role of type of entrance examination, annual family income and gender of second year intermediate students on psychological control and perceived stress. The statistical analysis revealed that in the students attempting either the national entrance examination and/or the state entrance examination, perceived stress was predicted by psychological control and its dimension of perceived mother control..............
Key Terms: Psychological Control, Stress, Adolescents, Entrance Exams
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