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01-08-2011 | Original Article

Parenting and Late Adolescent Emotional Adjustment: Mediating Effects of Discipline and Gender

Auteurs: Cliff McKinney, Mary Catherine Milone, Kimberly Renk

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 4/2011

Abstract

Research suggests that parenting styles are related to the types of discipline parents utilize and that the coupling of parenting styles and discipline techniques are related to child outcomes. Although extant research examines the effects of parenting styles and discipline on child and early adolescent adjustment, less is known about adjustment in late adolescents, also described as emerging adults. Thus, the current study investigated the relationships among parenting styles (e.g., authoritative, authoritarian, permissive), discipline strategies (e.g., non-violent discipline, psychological aggression, physical assault), and emerging adult emotional adjustment (e.g., self-esteem, depression, and anxiety). The sample consisted of 526 participants ranging in age from 18 to 22 years. Results were analyzed with structural equation modeling and suggest that, although perceived parenting styles and discipline are both correlated with emerging adult emotional adjustment, perceived parenting is associated with emerging adult emotional adjustment for females but not males when examined simultaneously with perceived discipline. This finding demonstrates the importance of examining the direct and indirect relationships in the context of gender dyads.

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Titel: Parenting and Late Adolescent Emotional Adjustment: Mediating Effects of Discipline and Gender
Auteurs: Cliff McKinney
Mary Catherine Milone
Kimberly Renk
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-011-0229-2

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