Mothers鈥?and fathers鈥?parenting styles and associations with toddlers鈥?externalizing, internalizing, and adaptive behaviors

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• 作者：Christina M. Rinaldi^a ; ^{crinaldi@ualberta.ca} ; Nina Howe^b
• 关键词：Parenting styles ; Toddlers ; Externalizing ; Internalizing ; Adaptive behaviors
• 刊名：Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：22_08852006
• 类别：psy
• 出版时间：2nd Quarter, 2012
• 卷：27
• 期：2
• 页码：266-273
• 文件大小：344 K

摘要

The two primary objectives of the present study were to (a) investigate mothers鈥?and fathers鈥?reports of their own as well as their partner's parenting styles, and (b) assess how mothers鈥?and fathers鈥?parenting styles uniquely and jointly predicted toddlers鈥?externalizing, internalizing, and adaptive behaviors. Fifty-nine mothers and fathers independently completed the Parenting Styles and Dimension Questionnaire (PDSQ; ) and the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children-2 (BASC-2; ). Parents鈥?self-reports of their parenting styles were positively correlated with each other for all three parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive). Comparisons between parents鈥?reports of their partner's styles with that of the partner's self-reports were positively and moderately correlated for all three parenting styles. Findings revealed mothers鈥?and fathers鈥?self-reported parenting styles explained 44%of the variance in youngsters鈥?externalizing behaviors. In particular, permissive parenting by mothers and authoritarian parenting by fathers uniquely and significantly predicted toddlers鈥?externalizing behaviors, while authoritative paternal parenting was predictive of adaptive behaviors.