Early Adolescents' Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Styles and Problem Behavior |
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| Authors: | Cory Bolkan Yoshie Sano Jennifer De Costa Alan C. Acock Randal D. Day |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Human Development , Washington State University Vancouver , Vancouver, Washington, USA bolkan@vancouver.wsu.edu;3. Department of Human Development , Washington State University Vancouver , Vancouver, Washington, USA;4. West Hawaii Community Health Center , Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA;5. Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon, USA;6. School of Family Life, Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah, USA |
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| Abstract: | We investigated early adolescents' perceptions of parenting styles in mother–father–adolescent triads along with child self-reported problem behaviors (substance abuse and delinquency). We also examined the various combinations of mothers' and fathers' parenting styles by child gender in relation to problem behavior. Participants included 3,353 children (aged 12 to 14) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—97. Results from our structural equation model indicated that mothers and fathers may use different parenting strategies and that permissive parenting may not be as detrimental as previously assumed. In addition, youth perceptions of each parent were equally important in explaining problem behavior among both daughters and sons, but the perception of an authoritarian mother showed stronger adverse effects on sons, even after controlling for poverty and peer influence. |
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| Keywords: | child gender delinquency early adolescents parenting parenting style problem behavior substance abuse |
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