ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Iron Fists or Velvet Gloves? Puberty Stress, Parenting Style, and Social Evaluative Distress Among Chinese Adolescents.
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backgroundPuberty is a period of visible bodily change, heightened self-consciousness, and increased sensitivity to social evaluation. While prior studies have linked pubertal development to broad psychological outcomes, less attention has been given to adolescents' social evaluative distress, defined here as discomfort when feeling looked at or talked about by others. Parenting style may also be relevant to this outcome.
methodsUsing secondary survey data from 3591 secondary-school students in Shenzhen, China, this study employed Bayesian analysis to examine whether puberty stress, authoritarian parenting, and permissive parenting were associated with adolescents' social evaluative distress, and whether authoritarian and permissive parenting moderated the association between puberty stress and social evaluative distress.
resultsPuberty stress was positively associated with social evaluative distress, and authoritarian parenting was also positively associated with this outcome. Permissive parenting did not show a clear direct association. Neither authoritarian nor permissive parenting showed clear evidence of moderating the association between puberty stress and social evaluative distress.
conclusionsSocial evaluative distress during adolescence appears to be associated more clearly with puberty stress and authoritarian parenting as direct correlates than with interaction effects between puberty stress and parenting style. The study extends existing literature by focusing on a narrower, socially focused form of adolescent distress in the Chinese context.
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