Title: Authoritative parenting : synthesizing nurturance and discipline for optimal child development /
Authors: Larzelere, Robert E.; Morris, Amanda Sheffield; Harrist, Amanda W.
Publisher: American Psychological Association,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Parenting; Child psychology; Child development
Abstract: Psychologist Diana Baumrind's revolutionary prototype of parenting, called authoritative parenting, combines the best of various parenting styles. In contrast to previous emphases on parental responsiveness alone (permissive parenting) or on demandingness alone (authoritarian parenting), authoritative parenting combines high levels of both responsiveness and demandingness. The result is an appropriate mix of warm nurturance and firm discipline. In this book, leading scholars update our thinking about authoritative parenting and address three unresolved issues: mechanisms of the style s effectiveness, variations of effectiveness across cultures, and untangling how parents influence children from how children influence them. By integrating perspectives from developmental and clinical psychology, the book will inform prevention and intervention efforts to help parents maximize their children s potential.
Contents: Introduction / Michael M. Criss & Robert E. Larzelere -- History and current state of authoritative parenting research -- Authoritative parenting revisited : history and current status / Diana Baumrind -- Parenting research and themes : what we've learned and where to go next / Amanda Sheffield Morris, Lixian Cui, & Laurence Steinberg -- Authoritative integration of control and negotiation -- The centrality of control to parenting and its effects / Brian K. Barber & Mingzhu Xia -- Responding to misbehavior in young children: how authoritative parents enhance reasoning with firm control / Robert E. Larzelere, Ronald B. Cox, Jr., & Jelani Mandara -- Are the effects of baumrind's parenting styles culturally specific or culturally equivalent? / Nadia Sorkhabi & Jelani Mandara -- Conflict emergence and adaptiveness of normative parent-adolescent conflicts : baumrind's socialization theory and cognitive social domain theory / Nadia Sorkhabi -- Clinical and educational applications -- Working with parents of aggressive children : ten principles and the role of authoritative parenting / Timothy A. Cavell, Amanda W. Harrist, & Tamara Del Vecchio -- Effective parenting practices : social interaction learning theory and the role of emotion coaching and mindfulness / James Snyder, Sabina Low, Lisha Bullard, Lynn Schrepferman, Marissa Wachlarowicz, Christy Marvin, & Andrea Reed -- Authoritative parenting and parental support for children's cognitive development / Mary Gauvain, Susan M. Perez, & Heidi Beebe -- Conclusions -- New directions in authoritative parenting / Carolyn S. Henry & Laura Hubbs-Tait.