Abstract

• The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of parental psychological control on internalized behaviors of high school students. A total of 480 high school students (240 males and 240 females) from 8 selected schools in Sagaing Region and 6 selected schools in Mandalay Region. The required sample was selected by using random sampling technique. Quantitative research approach was used in this study. Questionnaire survey method was used to measure parental psychological control and internalized behaviors of high school students. This study was conducted at Sagaing Region and Mandalay Region. As the research instruments, Psychological Control Scale-Youth Self- Report (PCS-YSR) by Barber (1996) and Psychological Control-Disrespect Scale (PCDS) by Barber et al., (2012) were used to measure parental psychological control and Child Behavior Checklist (Child–Report Form, Achenbach, 2001, revised form) was used to measure internalized behaviors of high school students. In the analysis of data, descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Post Host Test, correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used in this study. The overall results showed that most of high school students fell into moderate parental psychological control level group. The results revealed that gender difference was found on parental psychological control. Analysis of the results indicated that female students had high level of parental psychological control than that of male students. The result of ANOVA indicated that there were statistically significant differences among parental psychological control levels on internalized behaviors of high school students.