Author: Nelson Larry Padilla-Walker Laura Christensen Katherine Evans Cortney Carroll Jason
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISSN: 0047-2891
Source: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol.40, Iss.6, 2011-06, pp. : 730-743
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Abstract
The changing nature of the transition to adulthood in western societies, such as the United States, may be extending the length of time parents are engaged in “parenting” activities. However, little is known about different approaches parents take in their interactions with their emerging-adult children. Hence, this study attempted to identify different clusters of parents based on the extent to which they exhibited both extremes of control (psychological control, punishment, verbal hostility, indulgence) and responsiveness (knowledge, warmth, induction, autonomy granting), and to examine how combinations of parenting were related to emerging adult children’s relational and individual outcomes (e.g. parent–child relationship quality, drinking, self-worth, depression). The data were collected from 403 emerging adults (
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