3 - parenting styles

Question 1

critiques - parenting styles

psychologists: maccoby and martin

Answer 1

• cultural differences
• children’s own behaviour and temperament can affect parents choice and outcome

Question 2

parental subsystem

Answer 2

• parenting style: emotional climate in which parents raise their children
• parenting practices: specific actions that parents employ in their parenting

Question 3

measures of family functioning in healthy behaviour in school children

Answer 3

1. ease of communication with caregiver
2. perceived family support

Question 4

parenting styles

psychologists: maccoby and martin

Answer 4

defined using 2 dimensions:
- parental demandingness
- parental responsiveness

types:
- authoritative
- authoritarian
- neglectful
- permissive

Question 5

parenting styles

psychologist: baumrind

Answer 5

typologies (pillar theory)
- authoritarian
- permissive
- authoritative