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



    1. 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