Developmental psychologists have long been interested in how parents impact child
development. However, finding actual cause-and-effect links between specific actions of …

Parenting style–the broad pattern of practices and behaviors employed by parents to
discipline their child–has been consistently shown to greatly influence children's …

This is an opportune time for us to be taking stock of where we stand in our efforts to
understand the ways in which parents do or do not influence their children. And it is a time of …

Cross-situational stability in parents' emotional warmth and guidance was studied by
observing parents (N= 77, M age= 38 years) with their school-aged child in 2 dyadic …

Trends in parenting research over the past 3 decades inspired by Baumrind's approach can
be summarized into three major themes: examining components of parenting style …

In the present research on parenting and adolescent behavior, there is much focus on
reciprocal, bidirectional, and transactional processes, but parenting-style research still …

This dissertation used data from a sample of 451 families living in Central Iowa to address
four research questions. The first research question addressed gender differences in insight …

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective was originally created in 1993 to answer questions
such as: Why do parents differ markedly in the ways in which they care for their children …

Developmental psychologists have focused on the effects of qualities of parentchild
interactions on children's development. The chapters in this volume demonstrate the …

Existing research on parenting styles is examined in relation to Individual Psychology's
model of parenting, which is characteristically democratic and authoritative. While numerous …