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ERIC Number: EJ924222
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2891
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Parenting in Emerging Adulthood: An Examination of Parenting Clusters and Correlates
Nelson, Larry J.; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Christensen, Katherine J.; Evans, Cortney A.; Carroll, Jason S.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v40 n6 p730-743 Jun 2011
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 (M age = 19.89, SD = 1.78, range = 18-26, 62% female) and at least one of their parents (287 fathers and 317 mothers). Eighty-four percent of participants reported being European American, 6% Asian American, 4% African American, 3% Latino, and 4% reported being of other ethnicities. Data were analyzed using hierarchical cluster analysis, separately for mothers and fathers, and identified three similar clusters of parents which we labeled as "uninvolved" (low on all aspects of parenting), "controlling-indulgent" (high on both extremes of control and low on all aspects of responsiveness), and "authoritative" (high on responsiveness and low on control). A fourth cluster was identified for both mothers and fathers and was labeled as "inconsistent" for mothers (mothers were above the mean on both extremes of control and on responsiveness) and "average" for fathers (fathers were at the mean on all eight aspects of parenting). The discussion focuses on how each of these clusters effectively distinguished between child outcomes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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