Encyclopedia of Adolescence

2011 Edition
| Editors: Roger J. R. Levesque

Parenting Styles

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_38
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Overview

Research on parenting practices in adolescence has produced a meaningful typology of parenting styles. These parent behaviors have been linked with adolescent well-being. Future work on the issue should focus on fluctuation of styles as a function of adolescent developmental stage and on how these parenting practices interconnect with other socializing agents within the family.

Parenting Typology

The socializing agents in the lives of children and adolescents have received considerable attention over the past few decades of developmental science. From work on the consequential variables within the micro-system, such as family and friends, to broader macro-system influences, such as culture and religion, multiple variables have been found to interconnect as they contribute to early development (Bronfenbrenner 1986). However, standing out in the crowded area of research on socializing vehicles is the overwhelming work devoted to the central role played by parents in the lives...

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Acknowledgment

The author would like to thank Melissa J. Schlechter for her assistance with the writing and editing of this review.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of PsychologyKutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztownUSA