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Parenting Styles and Parent–Adolescent Relationships: The Mediating Roles of Behavioral Autonomy and Parental Authority

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Bi, Xinwen, Yang, Yiqun, Li, Hailei, Wang, Meiping, Zhang, Wenxin, Deater-Deckard, Kirby·2018·Frontiers in Psychology

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The parent-adolescent relationship has been a classic research topic, and researchers have found that parenting styles (e.g., authoritative, authoritarian) are closely related to various qualities of parent-adolescent relationships (e.g., cohesion, conflict). However, little empirical work has addressed how these variables correlate with each other in mainland China, nor has prior research addressed internal psychological mechanisms. The present study investigated the associations between parenting styles and parent-adolescent relationship factors, examined the mediating effects of adolescents’ expectations of behavioral autonomy and beliefs about parental authority, and explored whether adolescent gender moderated these effects. Results from a sample of 633 Chinese adolescents (7th grade: Mage = 13.50 ± 0.62 years, 9th grade: Mage = 15.45 ± 0.67 years, 11th grade: Mage = 17.30 ± 0.75 years) suggested similar levels of parent-adolescent conflict frequency for all parenting styles. However, for parent-adolescent conflict intensity, youth of neglectful and authoritarian parents reported higher levels compared to those with indulgent parents. The highest levels of cohesion with both parents were reported by adolescents with authoritative parents, followed by indulgent, authoritarian and neglect parenting styles. Cohesion with mothers for youth with authoritative or indulgent mothers was higher for girls than boys. Adolescents’ expectation for behavioral autonomy mediated the links between parenting style and conflict, whereas adolescents’ beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority mediated the links between parenting style and cohesion; some of these mediating effects differed by gender. Findings highlight the importance of studying potential effects of adolescents’ values and attitudes within the family system in specific cultural contexts.

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  • Economic resources and cognitive and socioemotional scaffolding are transmitted through parenting.

    “Economic resources and cognitive and socioemotional scaffolding are transmitted through parenting (the attitudes and practices that parents deploy to care for their children) [20, 24, 25].”

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    The Introduction defines parenting style in terms of parents’ attitudes and behaviors, and the Discussion describes warmth, support, and supervision in parent–adolescent relationships (page unavailable). These passages support the parenting and socioemotional-support aspects, but the paper does not say that economic resources or cognitive scaffolding are transmitted through parenting. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Bi, X., Yang, Y., Li, H., Wang, M., Zhang, W., & Deater-Deckard, K.
Affiliations
  • Shandong Normal University (CN)
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Wenxin
Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Published
2018-11-13
Volume
9
Pages
2187-2187
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2900869982
Cited by
195
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI
12.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31671156)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
parenting styles, parent-adolescent relationships, behavioral autonomy, parental authority, authoritative parenting, authoritarian parenting, permissive parenting, neglectful parenting, parent-adolescent conflict, relationship cohesion, gender differences, mediation, Chinese adolescents

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