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Cui M, Jiao C, Darling CA. Patterns of indulgent parenting and adolescents' psychological development. FAMILY RELATIONS 2023; 72:2695-2709. [PMID: 38031571 PMCID: PMC10683937 DOI: 10.1111/fare.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Objective This study aimed to extend the current literature by examining the patterns of indulgent parenting of both mothers and fathers and their associations with adolescents' basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-control, and self-efficacy. Background Indulgent parenting could be harmful for the development of psychological needs satisfaction and cognitive abilities when adolescents seek autonomy and gain emotional regulatory skills. Yet research is limited on investigating the patterns of indulgent parenting and their relationships to adolescents' psychological development. Method The sample consisted of 268 adolescents in Grades 9 to 11 from several high schools in a southeastern region of the United States. Participants took an online survey about their perceptions of parental indulgent parenting, their psychological development, and demographic information. Results Results from multivariate mixture modeling suggested four distinct classes of perceived maternal and paternal indulgence. Further, these classes demonstrated differential associations with adolescents' basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-control, and self-efficacy. Conclusion The findings revealed different patterns of perceived indulgent parenting practices. Further, these findings also highlighted the negative role of perceived behavioral indulgence on adolescents' psychological development. Implications Implications for interventions targeted at parenting and adolescent development were noted.
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- Ming Cui
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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Jin Z, Li R, Liu Y, Cui W, Yang X. Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Association between Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Styles and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in San José Province, Costa Rica. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14245328. [PMID: 36558486 PMCID: PMC9781581 DOI: 10.3390/nu14245328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Parenting styles are a risk factor for adolescents overweight/obesity worldwide, but this association is not well understood in the context of Latin America. This study examines the association between the parenting styles of mothers and fathers and the risk of overweight/obesity among Costa Rican adolescents. Data are cross-sectional from a sample of adolescents (13-18 years old) enrolled in ten urban and eight rural schools (n = 18) in the province of San José, Costa Rica, in 2017. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the likelihood of adolescents being overweight according to the mothers' and fathers' parenting styles. A significant association was found between the risk of adolescent overweight/obesity and the paternal authoritarian style only in rural areas (B = 0.622, SE = 0.317, Wald = 3.864, ExpB = 1.863, p = 0.04), and between said risk and the paternal permissive style only in male adolescents (B = 0.901, SE = 0.435, Wald = 4.286, ExpB = 2.461, p = 0.038). For maternal parenting styles, no associations reached significant levels once logistic regression models were adjusted for the fathers' parenting styles. These findings underscore the importance of further studying the role of fathers' paternal parenting styles on Latin American adolescent weight outcomes. Expanding our understanding of the parenting styles of fathers has important implications for the design and implementation of culturally- and gender-appropriate family interventions.
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The Interaction between Basic Psychological Needs, Decision-Making and Life Goals among Emerging Adults in South Africa. SOCIAL SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/socsci11070316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The interaction between emerging adult psychological well-being and decision-making, in South Africa, has not been explicitly explored in Self-Determination Theory. Life goals have been thought to play a role in the interaction between basic psychological needs and decision-making to promote psychological well-being. The current study, therefore, aimed to examine whether the decision-making styles employed, and the life goals which were deemed important, contribute to the understanding of the satisfaction or frustration of the basic psychological needs of emerging adults in South Africa. Data were collected cross-sectionally, using a secure, online survey among 1411 participants. The interaction between decision-making, life goals and basic psychological needs variables were examined using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations and hierarchical regression analyses. The results in the study suggest that adaptive (vigilant) decision-making and intrinsic life goals were significant predictors for the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs. Some forms of maladaptive decision-making and extrinsic goals were predictors of the frustration of basic psychological needs. The variance explained by the various models were between 15.6–32.6%, with the results suggesting all models were significant. The results provide a novel contribution to emerging adult well-being in South Africa and Self-Determination Theory, with the implications for society, research and practice discussed.
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Qiu Y, Xu L, Pan Y, He C, Huang Y, Xu H, Lu Z, Dong C. Family Resilience, Parenting Styles and Psychosocial Adjustment of Children With Chronic Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:646421. [PMID: 34054605 PMCID: PMC8149598 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.646421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Objectives: To evaluate the level of parent-reported family resilience, parenting styles and psychosocial adjustment of children with chronic illness and to identify the relationships between family resilience, parenting styles and psychosocial adjustment in families with children with chronic illness. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2019 and August 2019. A total of 236 parents of children with chronic illness and 98 parents with healthy children were recruited from general hospitals by convenience sampling. A parent completed the Chinese Family Resilience Assessment Scale, the Parenting Rearing Patterns Questionnaire and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Family resilience, parenting styles, and psychosocial adjustment of children with chronic illness were compared with those of healthy children. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was performed to explore the mediation effect of parenting styles between family resilience and psychosocial adjustment among children with chronic illness. Results: Parents of children with chronic illness reported lower level of family resilience and authoritative parenting, but more peer relationship problems compared to parents of healthy children. SEM showed that authoritative parenting fully mediated the relationship between family resilience and psychosocial adjustment of children with chronic illness. Conclusion: Childhood chronic illness reduces family resilience, authoritative parenting and children's psychosocial adjustment, but authoritative parenting mediated these effects, so authoritative parenting may be important for family resilience in families of children with chronic illness. Pediatric clinicians and nurses should provide family-centered interventions, as well as parenting training, to improve children's psychosocial outcomes.
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- Yuan Qiu
- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Situmorang DDB, Salim RMA. Perceived parenting styles, thinking styles, and gender on the career decision self-efficacy of adolescents: how & why? Heliyon 2021; 7:e06430. [PMID: 33748489 PMCID: PMC7966998 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Career decision self-efficacy (CDSE), i.e., the ability to successfully make important career-related decisions, is influenced by perceived parenting styles, thinking styles, and gender. Thus, this non-experimental study examined the effects of these factors on the CDSE of 617 high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to the measuring instruments (CDSE Scale-Short Form, Parental Authority Questionnaire, and Thinking and Styles Inventory-Revised II), the adolescents' CDSE was influenced by the authoritative and permissive parenting styles, and three types of thinking styles. Moreover, the thinking styles mediated the relationship between the perceived parenting styles and CDSE, while gender acted as a homologizer.
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Shek DTL, Chai CWY, Dou D. Parenting factors and meaning of life among Chinese adolescents: A six-wave longitudinal study. J Adolesc 2021; 87:117-132. [PMID: 33581398 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Using six-wave data, the present study examined the influence of parent-child subsystem relational qualities (indexed by parental behavioral control, psychological control, and parent-child relationship) on the initial status and growth trajectory of meaning of life (MOL) in Chinese adolescents. METHODS A total of 2023 high school students in Hong Kong (M age = 12.53 ± 0.66 years, 48.0% male students) responded to a questionnaire measuring their perceived parent-child subsystem relational qualities and meaning of life for six consecutive years from 2009/2010. Individual growth curve (IGC) analyses and multiple regression analyses were used. RESULTS Results of IGC analyses showed that parental behavioral control and parent-child relationship quality at Wave 1 positively predicted the initial level of adolescent MOL but negatively influenced the growth trajectory of MOL. Parental psychological control at the initial level negatively predicted the initial status of MOL but not the developmental trajectory of adolescent MOL. However, compared with adolescents experiencing poorer parent-child relational subsystem qualities, adolescents with better parent-child relational subsystem qualities showed significantly higher MOL at each time point. Multiple regression analyses also showed that while parent-child relationship quality and paternal behavioral control concurrently and longitudinally exhibited positive predictions on adolescent MOL, the impact of parental psychological control on adolescent MOL showed different patterns in early and late adolescence. CONCLUSIONS The pioneering findings underline the important role of different parent-child subsystem relational qualities in influencing adolescent MOL.
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- Daniel T L Shek
- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, PR China.
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, PR China
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, PR China
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The Consequences of Work–Family Enrichment in Families on the Behaviour of Children. SOCIAL SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/socsci9100180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study considers the spillover effect of work-family enrichment in parents on the behaviour of their children. Using a mediation model with parental well-being and parenting styles, the study unravels the associations between a positive perspective on work-life balance and the outcomes in a child’s live. Using 4012 parents from the data of the Australian LSAC (Growing up in Australia), the model shows that children’s behaviour is influenced by parents’ experience of work-family enrichment through parental well-being. Also, parenting performance functions as a mediator between work-family enrichment and the behaviour of the child. Parents show more stimulating parenting behaviour when they experience enrichment between work and their family.
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Nishimura T, Bradshaw EL, Deci EL, Ryan RM. Satisfaction of basic psychological needs in an interdependence model of fathers’ own aspirations and those of their adolescent children. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Takuma Nishimura
- Graduate School of Education University of Tokyo Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo Japan
- Department of Psychology University of Rochester Rochester NY USA
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- Institute for Positive Psychology and Education Australian Catholic University North Sydney NSW Australia
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- Department of Psychology University of Rochester Rochester NY USA
- Management and Motivation University of South‐Eastern Norway Hønefoss Norway
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- Institute for Positive Psychology and Education Australian Catholic University North Sydney NSW Australia
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Francis A, Pai MS, Badagabettu S. Psychological Well-being and Perceived Parenting Style among Adolescents. Compr Child Adolesc Nurs 2020; 44:134-143. [PMID: 32302254 DOI: 10.1080/24694193.2020.1743796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The family of an adolescent assists in shaping the adolescent's behavior and psychological well-being throughout life. In order for the adolescents to maintain an identity, they require security and affection from their parents. To assess the psychological well-being, perceived parenting style of adolescents and to determine the relationship between psychological well-being and perceived parenting style among the adolescents, a correlational survey was conducted in five randomly selected schools in Southern India with 554 adolescents studying in 8th grade to 9th grade. A self-administered perceived parenting scale and a standardized Ryff scale for the assessment of psychological well-being were adopted to collect data, which were analyzed using SPSS. Without gender differences, majority (51%) had a high psychological well-being; 49% revealed low psychological well-being. Majority (95.5%) had a purpose in life and positive relation with others. Most (93.2%) of the adolescents perceived their parents as authoritative. A moderately positive relationship was found between psychological well-being and authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and a negative correlation between psychological well-being and neglectful parenting style. The study concluded that parenting styles will have an influence on adolescents' psychological well-being. Among the four parenting styles, authoritative parenting is warm and steady and hence will contribute to the psychological development of adolescents. They also had maintained a positive relation with others and have a purpose in life. Adolescents who perceived their parents as authoritarian had a decreased autonomy and those who perceived their parents as permissive had a diminished personal growth.
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- Ansu Francis
- Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
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- Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
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Obimakinde AM, Omigbodun O, Adejumo O, Adedokun B. Parenting styles and socio-demographic dynamics associated with mental health of in-school adolescents in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria. J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2020; 31:109-124. [PMID: 31570088 DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2019.1662426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background: Positive parenting and enabling socio-demography, engenders good conduct in adolescence. Balanced parental demandingness and emotional responsiveness, deployed by authoritative parents, supports adolescents' mental health. Parental emotional responsiveness deters peer-pressured risky behaviours; while parental negligence, permissiveness, or demandingness encourages mental health problems. This is especially in the context of unfavourable socio-demographic setting. Aim: We aimed to evaluate parenting styles and socio-demographic factors associated with adolescents' mental health. Method: A cross-sectional multistage study was conducted with 286 in-school adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data were collected with questionnaires. The questionnaires evaluated socio-demography, mental health, and perceived parenting styles using the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) and Scale of Parenting Styles (SPS) questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 21. Results: Some of the adolescents in this study, experienced peer problems (4.9%), conduct problems (9.4%), hyperactivity problems (0.7%), emotional problems (14.3%), and they lacked pro-social behaviours (11.1%). In comparison to adolescents who perceived fathers as authoritative, adolescents who perceived fathers as less demanding experienced emotional (p = 0.01) and peer (p = 0.02) problems. Perceived maternal negligence and authoritarian parenting was associated with more peer problems (1.5±2.3 and 1.3±2.2) in comparison to perceived maternal authoritative style (0.6±1.5). Most adolescents from lower social class experienced conduct (88.8%; p = 0.07) and emotional problems (73.2%; p = 0.20). Conclusion: Competent parenting style and socio-economic resources supports resilience to mental health problems in adolescents.
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- Abimbola M Obimakinde
- Department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan , Ibadan , Nigeria.,Family Medicine Department, University College Hospital , Ibadan , Nigeria
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan , Ibadan , Nigeria.,Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Ibadan , Ibadan , Nigeria
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University College Hospital , Ibadan , Nigeria
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Ibadan , Ibadan , Nigeria
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Devlin AM, Wight D, Fenton C. Are parenting practices associated with the same child outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries as in high-income countries? A review and synthesis. BMJ Glob Health 2018; 3:e000912. [PMID: 30687520 PMCID: PMC6326425 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction There is increasing interest in the transferability of parenting interventions from high-income countries (HICs) to low-income countries (LICs) in order to improve child development and health outcomes. This is based on the premise that associations between parenting practices and child outcomes are similar in both settings. Many parenting interventions in HICs are evidence-based, but less evidence exists on associations of parenting practices with child outcomes in LICs, in particular, sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This review synthesises evidence on the association of parenting practices with child outcomes in SSA in order to compare findings with those from HICs. Methods We searched electronic databases—Web of Science, ASSIA, Embase, IBSS and PsycINFO—to identify studies from SSA that reported quantitative associations between parenting practices and child health or psychosocial outcomes (eg, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), mental health, conduct disorders). Due to inconsistent conceptual framing of parenting across studies, we used a modified version of the international WHO classification of parenting dimensions to guide synthesis of the results. Results Forty-four studies met our inclusion criteria. They were conducted in 13 SSA countries and included cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, and were predominantly descriptive studies rather than intervention research. Synthesis of results showed that associations between patterns of parenting (‘positive’/‘harsh’) and child outcomes (including SRH, mental health and conduct disorders) in studies from SSA were broadly similar to those found in HICs. Conclusions These findings suggest that the impacts of parenting practices on child outcomes are similar across contrasting global regions and, therefore, parenting interventions from HICs might be successfully transferred to SSA, subject to appropriate adaptation. However, this review also highlights the paucity of evidence in this area and the urgent need for higher quality studies to confirm these findings to help develop effective parenting interventions in SSA.
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- Alison M Devlin
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Cochrane Vascular, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Obimakinde AM, Omigbodun O, Adejumo O, Adedokun B. Perception of parenting styles by in-school adolescents in South-West Nigeria. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2018; 32:/j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2018-0023/ijamh-2018-0023.xml. [PMID: 30422798 DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Parenting styles can be explained as behavioural strategies parents use to interact with their offspring. It is importance to understand the perception of parenting styles received by adolescents undergoing socio-cognitive development, however, there are few Nigerian studies exploring this topic. OBJECTIVE To describe the perception of parenting styles received by in-school adolescents in South-West Nigeria. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional multistage study was conducted among students attending public and private schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaires, evaluating socio-demographic characteristics and perception of styles of parenting received by the adolescents. RESULT The prevalent perceived parenting style was the authoritative style (73.1%) and the least perceived was the permissive (3.8%) style. Female adolescents perceived fathers as being more negligent (65.2%), permissive (66.7%) and authoritarian (56.0%) but less authoritative (40.4%) than male adolescents (p = 0.01). Adolescents in lower social class perceived their mothers as more authoritarian (78.6%) and negligent (72.7%) in contrast to adolescents in higher social class (p = 0.889). CONCLUSION Perceived parenting style is the tendency of the adolescent to cognizance the behaviour of parents in a particular manner in all situations and develop a perception about their parents. The prevalent authoritative style is the ideal and most desirable style of parenting worldwide, as it describes parents who maintain a balance between high levels of demandingness and responsiveness, consistently supervising their adolescent's behaviour and practicing constructive criticism. Other styles of parenting can be perceived by adolescents and may prevail across socio-economic divide, as depicted by this study.
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- Abimbola Margaret Obimakinde
- Family Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and Family Medicine Department, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Van Leeuwen JM, Miller L, Zamir M, Grundy R, Amanya J, Chen C, Feinberg M. Community reintegrating former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: A qualitative study on the road to recovery. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2018.1454580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- James M. Van Leeuwen
- Global Livingston Institute, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, USA
- School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, Cornell, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, Cornell, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Global Livingston Institute, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Global Livingston Institute, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, Cornell, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, USA
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Davids EL, Ryan J, Yassin Z, Hendrickse S, Roman NV. Family structure and functioning: Influences on adolescents psychological needs, goals and aspirations in a South African setting. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2016.1208929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Eugene Lee Davids
- Child & Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child & Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child & Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child & Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child & Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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Davids EL, Roman NV, Kerchhoff LJ. Adolescent goals and aspirations in search of psychological well-being: from the perspective of self-determination theory. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0081246316653744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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According to self-determination theory, an individual’s goal content and the processes involved in goal setting often represent the status of the individual’s mental health and well-being. When examining the importance placed on goal setting, an individual’s goals and aspirations are often synonymous with mental health and well-being. Aspiring to achieve intrinsic life goals has been associated with greater psychological well-being in literature. This study therefore aimed to establish the relationships between goals and aspirations, mental health behaviour (interpersonal relations, stress management, and spiritual growth), and psychological well-being (measured by positive affect). A sample of 457 secondary school learners in the Overberg Educational District, Western Cape, South Africa, participated in the study. The results suggest a significant positive relationship between placing importance on intrinsic goals and aspirations, and psychological well-being (as indicated by positive affect). However, psychological well-being was not correlated with mental health behaviour. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis suggest that importance placed on intrinsic goals and aspirations predicts psychological well-being and accounts for 8% of the variance. The results highlight the role of intrinsic goals and aspirations in predicting the psychological well-being of adolescents. The findings are supported by the theoretical assumptions of self-determination theory.
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- Eugene Lee Davids
- Child and Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child and Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Child and Family Studies Programme, Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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A Tribute to Dr. Willy Lens. Psychol Belg 2016; 56:311-316. [PMID: 30479442 PMCID: PMC5853936 DOI: 10.5334/pb.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dr. Willy Lens, born on December 10th, 1943, passed away on August 29th, 2014. With his passing, the motivation community has lost a seminal member, a mentor, and a friend. Dr. Lens – a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and Founding Fellow of the American Educational Research Association – made fundamental contributions to the study of motivation both through his own work and through his caring and thoughtful mentorship of a large community of scholars. With this tribute, we want to honor Dr. Willy Lens’ significance to psychology and education as well as his positive influence, both personally and professionally, on the lives of dozens of scholars. With his contagious enthusiasm and caring mentorship, Willy was an example for our academic community and with this tribute we express our gratitude for the privilege to have collaborated with him.
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Roman NV, Makwakwa T, Lacante M. Perceptions of parenting styles in South Africa: The effects of gender and ethnicity. COGENT PSYCHOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2016.1153231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- Nicolette Vanessa Roman
- Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
| | - Marlies Lacante
- Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tiensestraat 102 - bus 3716, Leuven B-3000, Belgium
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