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<p>Parenting by lying—or telling children lies to influence their behaviors or beliefs—has been consistently linked to negative psychosocial outcomes in emerging adulthood. Little work, however, has examined whether parenting by lying relates to other controlling parenting behaviors, such as overparenting. Of particular interest is whether child gender impacts these relations, given that child gender may be related to different manifestations of parental control. We examined whether parenting by lying mediated relations between overparenting and internalizing symptoms and whether this mediation was influenced by child gender. In U.S. emerging adults (<i>N</i> = 351, aged 18–21&#xa0;years), we found a significant moderated mediation, such that the impact of overparenting on internalizing symptoms was mediated by parenting by lying for daughters, but not for sons. These results indicate that parenting by lying may be an important mechanism by which controlling parenting styles impact young women’s well-being.</p>

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Overparenting by lying: relations between overparenting, parenting by lying, and internalizing symptoms differ for daughters versus sons

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    2026年7月10日

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  • Sahaj Kaur,
  • Chloe Downey,
  • Emma Bulut,
  • Jennifer M. Clegg,
  • Katherine Rice Warnell

摘要

Parenting by lying—or telling children lies to influence their behaviors or beliefs—has been consistently linked to negative psychosocial outcomes in emerging adulthood. Little work, however, has examined whether parenting by lying relates to other controlling parenting behaviors, such as overparenting. Of particular interest is whether child gender impacts these relations, given that child gender may be related to different manifestations of parental control. We examined whether parenting by lying mediated relations between overparenting and internalizing symptoms and whether this mediation was influenced by child gender. In U.S. emerging adults (N = 351, aged 18–21 years), we found a significant moderated mediation, such that the impact of overparenting on internalizing symptoms was mediated by parenting by lying for daughters, but not for sons. These results indicate that parenting by lying may be an important mechanism by which controlling parenting styles impact young women’s well-being.