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Title: The Effects of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Achievement Test Scores: Ethnic and Gender Differences (And Similarities)
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Mandara, Jelani |
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The Effects of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Achievement Test Scores: Ethnic and Gender Differences (And Similarities) Working Paper, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2006 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Birth Order; Hispanics; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Racial Differences; Testing Conditions; Tests and Testing Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objective. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of parenting styles on Black, White, and Hispanic adolescents achievement test scores. Design. A total of 3290 adolescents and their mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were assessed on various measures of parenting, math and reading achievement, SES, cognitive stimulation, and child motivation and health. The study also used different measures of demandingness, less extreme classification criteria, more control variables, and a higher proportion of Black and Hispanic youth than in previous studies. Results. Authoritative parenting was associated with high scores for all race and gender groups, even after the background factors were controlled. Authoritarian parenting was not as beneficial to African Americans or as detrimental to European Americans as in previous studies. Permissive and neglectful parenting styles were associated with lower test scores for all groups, especially for African Americans. Consequently, the race gap in achievement was non-existent for those with authoritative parents, but was rather dramatic for those with non-authoritative parents. Conclusion. Baumrind's conception of authoritative parenting is optimal for all American race and gender groups' achievement. Parenting interventions that teach this conception of authoritative parenting should be the focus of family-based prevention interventions. |
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Mandara, Jelani. "The Effects of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Achievement Test Scores: Ethnic and Gender Differences (And Similarities)." Working Paper, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2006. |