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Kerka, Sandra – 2000
Research indicates that parenting styles, family functioning, and parent-child interaction influence career development. The authoritative parenting style is associated with self-confidence, persistence, social competence, academic success, and psychosocial development; parents provide a warm family climate, set standards, and promote independence…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Darling, Nancy – 1999
One of the most robust approaches to researching parents' influence on children's social competence is the study of what has been called "parenting style." Parenting style captures two important elements of parenting: parental responsiveness and parental demandingness. Categorizing parents according to whether they are high or low on…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing, Interpersonal Competence
Moore, Shirley G. – 1992
Among studies that have examined the relationship between parenting styles and children's development of social skills, the research of Diana Baumrind is noteworthy. In several studies, she has identified authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative parenting styles, which differ on the dimensions of nurturance and parental control. Authoritarian…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Discipline, Interpersonal Competence
Wadsworth, M. E. J. – 1985
This study assesses the feasibility of predicting children's verbal attainment scores by examining mothers' education and parenting styles and children's experience of preschool. Data are derived from a group of 5,362 children born in England, Wales, and Scotland in March of 1946. The parenting styles have been studied from the time the parents'…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries
Moore, Shirley G. – 1997
Among studies that have examined the relationship between parenting styles and children's development of social skills, the research of Diana Baumrind is noteworthy. In several studies, she has identified authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative parenting styles, which differ on the dimensions of nurturance and parental control. Authoritarian…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Discipline, Interpersonal Competence
Moore, Shirley G. – 1997
Among studies that have examined the relationship between parenting styles and children's development of social skills, the research of Diana Baumrind is noteworthy. In several studies, she has identified authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative parenting styles, which differ on the dimensions of nurturance and parental control. Authoritarian…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Discipline, Interpersonal Competence
Patten, Peggy; Robertson, Anne S. – 2001
Developed in response to requests from a variety of family support professionals, teachers, and parents, this sourcebook offers information on preventing violence in children at different stages of development. The introduction provides a rationale for the development of this sourcebook, discusses parental influence, and describes how parents can…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Children