1. PARENTING
   
   
1. Dimensions of Parental Behavior
   
   
1. Affective Continuum
   
   Warm ............................................... Hostile
   
   warm - affectionate, understanding, child-centered
   
   hostile - cold, rejecting, disapproving, self-centered
   
   
2. Control Continuum
   
   Restrictive ........................................ Permissive
   
   restrictive - firm, narrow guidelines, discourages expressions of autonomy, impulses and ideas
   
   permissive - reluctant to set guidelines, if so, very lax, encourages autonomy and ideas
   
   
2. Parenting Styles
   
   
1. Authoritative (warm & age-appropriate control)
2. Authoritarian (lo warmth & hi restrictiveness)
3. Permissive - Indifferent (lo warmth & lo control)
4. Permissive - Indulgent (warm & lo control)
   
   
3. Effect on Child
   
   

Authoritative          Authoritarian         Permissive-Indifferent Permissive-Indulgent Self-reliant Sociable Self-control Autonomous Hi Self-esteem Mature Internal Morals Hi Acad. Achieve Distrustful Unhappy Poor Peership Lo Scholarship Lo Self-esteem Lo Acad Achieve Angry Turns on Self Emot Indifferent Detached Emotion Uninvolved Lo Tolerance Hi Frustration Hi Aggression Hi Impulsive Looks to Friends External Moral No Limits Lo Maturity Lo Self-reliance Lo Self-esteem Lo Control Hi Aggression

4. Influences on Parental Effectiveness
   
1. Child's Temperament (easy, difficult, slow to warm up)
2. Birth Order (First vs. Later born)
3. Stress
4. Security of Attachment
5. Gender/Age
   
   
   
1. DIVORCE
   
   
1. Factors That Influence Coping Strategies
   
1. Child's personality/Temperament
2. Cumulative Stress
3. Child's Developmental Status
4. Gender
   
   
2. New Adjustments and Challenges
   
1. Economics Problems and New Home
2. Parenting Styles
3. Father Absence