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Parenting styles and adolescents' achievement strategies.
Håkan StattinKaisa AunolaJari-erik Nurmisubject
MaleSocial PsychologyAdolescentPopulationPsychology AdolescentSelf-conceptAcademic achievementDevelopmental psychologySex FactorsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyParenting stylesCluster AnalysisHumansAttentioneducationSwedeneducation.field_of_studyChild rearingParentingDepressionSocial environmentAchievementSelf ConceptPsychiatry and Mental healthPsychological well-beingPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthMultivariate AnalysisFemalePsychologyAttributionClinical psychologydescription
The aim of the study was to investigate the extent to which adolescents' achievement strategies are associated with the parenting styles they experience in their families. Three hundred and fifty-four 14-year-old adolescents completed a Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire and a family parenting style inventory. Analogous questionnaires were also completed by the adolescents' parents. Based on adolescents' report of the parenting styles, four types of families were identified: those with Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, and Neglectful parenting styles. The results further showed that adolescents from authoritative families applied most adaptive achievement strategies characterized by low levels of failure expectations, task-irrelevant behaviour and passivity, and the use of self-enhancing attributions. Adolescents from neglectful families, in turn, applied maladaptive strategies characterized by high levels of task-irrelevant behaviour, passivity and a lack of self-enhancing attributions. The results provide a basis for understanding some of the processes by which parenting styles may influence adolescents' academic achievement and performance.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-06-01 | Journal of adolescence |