Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Young Adults' Self-Concepts and Evaluations of Parents

• NCJ Number: 141818
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 27 Issue: 108 Dated: (Winter 1992) Pages: 915-918
• Author(s): T S Parish; J J McCluskey
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 4 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A sample of 123 university students completed a questionnaire assessing their self-concepts, evaluations of their parents, and perceptions of their parents' parenting styles.

Abstract

Using a seven-point scale, the students rated their parents' level of restrictiveness versus permissiveness and their level of warmth versus hostility. The results showed that the students' self-concepts were directly related to the mothers' and fathers' warmth/hostility scores; however, there was no significant relationship between self-concept and either parent's restrictiveness/permissiveness score. Individual parents were rated more highly if they were perceived as being warm and permissive rather than hostile and restrictive. Opposite-sex parents' level of warmth was correlated with how each parent was evaluated, suggesting that mothers' actions may affect how fathers are perceived, and vice versa. 1 table and 16 references