Also in line with previous work, parental rejection and overcontrol
were associated with worse adjustment (e.g., Petrowski
et al., 2009). Several preexisting studies point specifically to the
relationship between less effective child-rearing and depression
(Avagianou & Zafiropoulou, 2008; Wansoo, 2009; Winefield
et al., 1989). In contrast, this study utilized a fine-grained
approach which investigated parental rejection and overcontrol
separately as indicated by theory (Rohner & Pettengill, 1985).
Findings differed between constructs, suggesting that future work
should investigate these constructs separately. Specifically, parental
rejection was most closely related to internalizing clinical presentations
like anxiety, depression, and somatization, while
overcontrol was associated instead with hypomanic activation
and psychoticism.