Browsing by Subject "Parenting styles"

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    Effects of parenting styles on adolescent and adult adjustment: which parenting style is more beneficial in Spanish families?
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025-05) Jacome-Mora, Ana; Garcia, Oscar F.; Ertema, Merjema; Garcia, Fernando
    Un debate clásico en la investigación es si uno de los dos com-ponentes de la socialización parental (severidad y afecto) tiene un mayor impacto en el ajuste psicosocial no sólo en experiencias tempranas como la adolescencia, sino también a largo plazo, en etapas posteriores del desarro-llo del ciclo vital. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue analizar la asociación entre los estilos parentales y el patrón de ajuste psicosocial en hijos adolescentes y adultos. Los participantes fueron 2087 hijos españoles (58,8% mujeres). Se aplicó un MANOVA (4 × 2 × 4), donde los estilos pa-rentales, el sexo y los grupos de edad fueron variables independientes, y el autoconcepto social, la autoestima, la falta de respuesta emocional, la em-patía y el valor de la benevolencia fueron variables dependientes. Los resul-tados revelaron que los hijos socializados en familias autorizativas e indul-gentes (con afecto) obtuvieron mejores puntuaciones en ajuste psicosocial que aquellos de otros estilos parentales. Las puntuaciones de empatía eran más altas en los estilos de afecto (autorizativo e indulgente), independien-temente de la dimensión de severidad. Contrariamente a los hallazgos clási-cos con familias europeo-americanas, el afecto parental se asoció positiva-mente con el ajuste psicosocial independientemente de la severidad (estilos indulgente y autorizativo).
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    Which is the optimum parenting for adolescents with low vs. high self-efficacy? Self-concept, psychological maladjustmentand academic performance of adolescents in the Spanish context
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Reyes, María; García, Oscar F.; Pérez Gramaje, A. Fernando; Serra, Emilia; Meléndez, Juan C.; Alcaide, Marta; García, Fernando
    The aim of this paper is to establish which parenting style is associated with optimum outcomes among adolescents of Spanish families considering adolescents with low vs. high self-efficacy. Although classical studies identify the authoritative parenting style (based on warmth and strictness) as the best parental strategy, emerging research seriously questions the benefits of parental strictness. Additionally, the impact of parent-ing on the adolescent’s psychosocial competence has been studied for years, but less is known about whether it might vary depending on individual characteristics of the adolescent (e.g., self-efficacy). Participants were 1029 Spanish adolescents, 453 males (44%), aged 12-17 years. Families were classified in one of the parenting styles groups (authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful), and adolescents were grouped by low vs. high self-efficacy. Adolescent psychosocial competence was examined through emotional and academic self-concept, psychological maladjustment (hostility/aggression, negative self-esteem, emotional responsivity, instability, and negative view of the world), and academic performance (grade point average and number of failing grades). Main and interaction effects of parenting style and adolescent self-efficacy were tested. Main effect results indicated that adolescents with low self-efficacy were always as-sociated with the worst psychosocial competence. Consistently, the main effect findings indicated that adolescents from indulgent and authoritative families were associated with better results than those from neglectful and authoritarian families. However, the indulgent parenting style yielded the best results. The impact of parenting might not be the same for adolescents in all cultural contexts. Contrary to findings from classical studies, parental strictness seems to be unnecessary or even detrimental for adolescents with low and high self-efficacy.