| Abstract We examined the relationship among perceived parental psychological control (PPC), self‐concept, and empathy, from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Child Development Project (Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 1990) longitudinal data analyses indicate that, when adolescents notice PPC at age 13, they have poor self‐concept (less competence) at age 16, and they show less empathic concern toward others at age 24. The indirect effects of self‐concept at age 16 are significant for empathic concern… |