https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/tags/psychological-control/ Recent content in Psychological Control on Schooling Frontier Hugo en Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/posts/telling-your-teen-to-stop-backfires/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/posts/telling-your-teen-to-stop-backfires/ A study of 1,300 Chinese middle schoolers identified a serial mediation path: parental psychological control triggers psychological reactance, which drives smartphone overuse, which harms mental health. The more parents “control,” the stronger the rebound.