Maternal and paternal parenting styles: Unique and combined links to adolescent and early adult delinquency

Abstract The present study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between fathers’ and mothers’ parenting styles and male and female delinquency using a sample of 330 Dutch families with a mid or late adolescent son or daughter (ages 14–22), followed across two measurement waves...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2011-10, Vol.34 (5), p.813-827
Main Authors: Hoeve, Machteld, Dubas, Judith Semon, Gerris, Jan R.M, van der Laan, Peter H, Smeenk, Wilma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Case Studies
Child
Child development
Child Rearing
Childrearing Practices
Correlation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delinquency
Family environment. Family history
Fathers
Female
Foreign Countries
Gender differences
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Late Adolescents
Longitudinal
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Measurement
Medical sciences
Mothers
Netherlands
Parent Child Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parenting - psychology
Parenting Styles
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract The present study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between fathers’ and mothers’ parenting styles and male and female delinquency using a sample of 330 Dutch families with a mid or late adolescent son or daughter (ages 14–22), followed across two measurement waves with a 5-year interval. Parenting styles of fathers and mothers were linked to delinquency. A significant parenting style by sex interaction was found: neglectful parenting was related to higher levels of delinquency in males and permissive parenting was linked to delinquency in females. A long term relationship was found between fathers’ neglectful parenting style and delinquency in males. Furthermore, results revealed that levels of delinquency were the lowest in families with at least one authoritative parent and highest in families with two neglectful parents, indicating that the level of delinquency was dependent on the combination of mother’s and father’s parenting styles.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.02.004