Previous research suggests that there are two types of parental control. Psychological control, which refers to parental behaviors that restrict a child's autonomy, has been consistently associated with more internalizing behaviors, while behavioral control, which refers to parents' use of rules and structure to regulate their child's behavior, has been consistently associated with externalizing behavior (Barber et al., 1994; Conger et al., 1997). However, previous studies typically examine these associations in mostly Caucasian samples or only in samples with one or two ethnic groups (e.g. Finkelstein et al., 2006; Lopez, 2001). The present study used an ethnically diverse sample of ninth graders (53% Latino, 20% African American, 14% Asian, and 13% Caucasian) to explore whether the associations between parental control and adolescent adjustment are similar across different ethnic groups. Behavioral control was negatively associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviors, while psychological control was only positively associated with externalizing behaviors. Ethnic group differences were only found for the association between behavioral control and internalizing behaviors. This suggests there are more ethnic similarities than differences in how parental control is related to adolescents' adjustment. However, there may be certain aspects of parenting behaviors, particularly those associated with behavioral control, whose relationship with adolescents' adjustment may depend on cultural context.