Authoritarian parents have high demandingness, but low responsiveness. These parents are very demanding, uncompromising, and physical. Permissive parents have high responsiveness, but low demandingness. Authoritative parents have both high demandingness and high responsiveness. These parents set high goals for their children, and give large amounts of emotional support.
Neglectful parents have both low demandingness and low responsiveness.
These parents are uninvolved and uninterested in their children. Adolescents with authoritarian parents tend to be withdrawn, moody, obedient, fearful of new situations, and have low self esteem. Adolescents with permissive parents tend to be more creative, but are behaviorally and verbally impulsive, aggressive, and have trouble dealing with school-imposed limits. Adolescents with authoritative parents are most likely to foster a positive development. Adolescents with neglectful parents are in the most danger of engaging in deviant behavior.