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An Exploratory Study of the Relationships between Family Functioning and Parenting Styles: The Perceptions of Mothers of Young Grade School Children
Author(s) -
Mupinga Emily Evellyne,
Garrison M. E. Betsy,
Pierce Sarah H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x02031001005
Subject(s) - parenting styles , psychology , developmental psychology , perception , exploratory research , authoritarianism , parenting skills , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology , politics , political science , law , democracy
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between family functioning and parenting styles. Data were collected in 1996 from 151 mothers of first‐ or third‐grade children using established self‐report assessments. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that balanced family types were positively related to authoritative parenting and negatively related to authoritarian parenting.