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ArticleCommunications psychology2026

Cross-cultural evidence for positive control and mind-mindedness as buffers for parental distress.

Claire Hughes, Elian Fink, Ayalguu Agtchin, Laure Lu Chen, Caoimhe Dempsey, Rory T Devine, Hana D'Souza, Miryam Edwards, Louise Gray, Jean Anne Heng and 8 more

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Article in Communications psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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18 authors.

Claire HughesCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. ch288@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2545-3025
Elian FinkSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-9685
Ayalguu AgtchinDepartment of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Laure Lu ChenCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Caoimhe DempseyCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Rory T DevineSchool of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-7878
Hana D'SouzaSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8841-8644
Miryam EdwardsSchool of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Louise GrayCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-2306
Jean Anne HengCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Mikeda JessSchool of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Mishika MehrotraCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6160-5631
Siu Ching WongCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Catherine WuCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Jiayin ZhengFaculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Zhen WuDepartment of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-1069
Zhenlin WangDepartment of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2175-1140
Chengyi XuCentre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-8925

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RCUK | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) ES/T016175/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parental distress impacts children's emotional adjustment, highlighting the need to identify protective factors. Promising candidates include positive control (i.e., autonomy support, indexed by parental encouragement, praise, and open-ended questions) and representational mind-mindedness (the propensity for parents to view children as independent agents). To counterbalance the focus on European and North American samples, we included 849 parent-child dyads from England, Hong Kong and Mainland China (M

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PMID42310122
PMCPMC13634921

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