Authoritative Parenting and Adolescent Adjustment across Varied Ecological Niches.

Autor/inn/en	Steinberg, Laurence; und weitere
Institution	National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, Madison, WI.
Titel	Authoritative Parenting and Adolescent Adjustment across Varied Ecological Niches.
Quelle	(1990), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescents; Cultural Differences; Delinquency; Discipline; Ecological Factors; Family Characteristics; Family Structure; High School Students; High Schools; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Socioeconomic Status; Stress Variables; Student Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kultureller Unterschied; Kriminalität; Disziplin; Ökologischer Ansatz; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study examined whether the widely reported positive relation between "authoritative" parenting and adolescent adjustment is moderated by the ecological context in which adolescents live. A socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of approximately 10,000 high school students provided information about their parents' behavior and their family background and completed measures of four indicators of adjustment: school performance, self-reliance, psychological distress, and delinquency. The students were grouped into 16 ecological niches defined by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family structure, and analyses were conducted within each niche to contrast the adjustment scores of adolescents from authoritative versus nonauthoritative homes. Analyses indicated that the positive correlates of authoritative parenting transcended ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family structure. Virtually regardless of their ethnicity, class, or parents' marital status, adolescents whose parents were accepting, firm, and democratic earned higher grades in school, were more self-reliant, reported less anxiety and depression, and were less likely to engage in delinquent behavior. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC