Objective: The study aimed to reveal the mediation effect of basic psychological needs satisfaction and internalized shame in the relationship between parents’ overprotective parenting and dysfunctional anger expression in early adolescents
Methods: The participants were 306 students in the first, second, and third grades of two middle schools in Busan. Frequency, correlation, and regression analyses were performed on the collected data.
Results: First, the direct effect of parents’ overprotective parenting attitudes on the anger-out in early adolescents was significant. Second, the indirect effect of such attitudes on anger-in through basic psychological needs satisfaction was significant. Third, the indirect effect on anger-in through internalized shame was significant. Fourth, the sequential mediation effect on anger-in through basic psychological needs satisfaction and internalized
Conclusion: This study presents the direction for parental education programs and interventions in youth counseling for the understanding and guidance of anger-out and anger-in of early adolescents.