PhD research on adolescents and parenting styles - needing help!!

I am requesting persons who are familiar with theories which are associated with adolescent perceptions of their parents. I am doing a PhD on the effect of adolescents who perceive that their parents are psychologically controlling (i.e., undermining, critical, using love-withdrawal as punishment). I am specifically interested in the sense of self, autonomy and sense of separateness that adolescents feel as a consequence of such parenting, and the way in which this style of parenting may affect adolescent adjustment. Depression and aggressive behaviours are my outcome variables.

I welcome any response (support or criticism) because I am an extremely isolated PhD student with absolutely no-one to talk with about the issues I am studying (including my supervisor!). I have placed a message further up this board about parental psychological control so you may wish to read it.

Thanking you in advance.

• Re: Impact of Parenting Styles by Henry Stein, 11/23/98