Table 2.
Pearson correlations for perceived parental behavioral control, perceived parental psychological control, perceived adolescent generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms and perceived adolescent separation disorder (SAD) symptoms of the total adolescent group and age and sex groups
| Parameter | Entire group | Early adolescent boys | Early adolescent girls | Late adolescent boys | Late adolescent girls | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial correlations | |||||
| BcW1-GADW1 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10* | 0.16* | 0.02 | 
| BcW1-SADW1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.02 | 
| PcW1-GADW1 | 0.12** | 0.16** | 0.19** | 0.24** | 0.11 | 
| PcW1-SADW1 | 0.12** | 0.14** | 0.14** | 0.19* | 0.02 | 
| Stability paths | |||||
| BcW1-BcW2 | 0.37** | 0.20** | 0.37** | 0.44** | 0.47** | 
| BcW2-BcW3 | 0.55** | 0.43** | 0.46** | 0.60** | 0.62** | 
| PcW1-PcW2 | 0.35** | 0.20** | 0.34** | 0.49** | 0.50** | 
| PcW2-PcW3 | 0.47** | 0.36** | 0.45** | 0.46** | 0.64** | 
| GADW1-GADW2 | 0.35** | 0.20** | 0.34** | 0.49** | 0.50** | 
| GADW2-GADW3 | 0.62** | 0.46** | 0.61** | 0.64** | 0.72** | 
| SADW1-SADW2 | 0.42** | 0.35** | 0.47** | 0.39** | 0.49** | 
| SADW2-SADW3 | 0.46** | 0.34** | 0.51** | 0.38** | 0.59** | 
| Cross paths | |||||
| BcW1-GADW2 | 0.07** | 0.06 | 0.10* | 0.21** | 0.02 | 
| GADW1-BcW2 | 0.07* | 0.13** | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.14* | 
| BcW2-GADW3 | 0.08** | 0.13** | 0.10* | 0.12 | 0.11 | 
| GADW2-BcW3 | 0.07* | 0.06 | 0.11* | 0.19* | 0.10 | 
| BcW1-SADW2 | 0.06* | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 
| SADW1-BcW2 | 0.14** | 0.13** | 0.10* | 0.05 | 0.16* | 
| BcW2-SADW3 | 0.12** | 0.11* | 0.09* | 0.01 | 0.02** | 
| SADW2-BcW3 | 0.12** | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.25** | 0.23** | 
| PcW1-GADW2 | 0.04 | 0.12* | 0.05 | 0.22** | 0.06 | 
| GADW1-PcW2 | 0.11** | 0.15** | 0.14** | 0.21** | 0.25** | 
| PcW2-GADW3 | 0.05 | 0.12** | 0.11** | 0.14 | 0.23** | 
| GADW2-PcW3 | 0.20** | 0.25** | 0.23** | 0.28** | 0.25** | 
| PcW1-SADW2 | 0.07* | 0.13** | 0.07 | 0.18* | −0.03 | 
| SADW1-PcW2 | 0.16** | 0.16** | 0.14** | 0.19* | 0.24** | 
| PcW2-SADW3 | 0.09** | 0.12** | 0.15** | 0.14 | 0.15* | 
| SADW2-PcW3 | 0.16** | 0.20** | 0.09 | 0.32** | 0.16* | 
W1, W2, W3 wave 1, wave 2, wave 3, Bc behavioral control, Pc psychological control, GAD generalized anxiety disorder, SAD separation anxiety disorder
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01