Literature Review on Parenting Styles - 2477 Words

A Review of Parenting Style, and Its Effects on Adolescent Smoking and School Achievement Joseph J. Lee The College of New Jersey Author Note This literature review was completed as an assignment for an Introduction to Counseling class at The College of New Jersey under Dr. Atsuko Seto. The use of correct APA format in both citations and general formatting, although has been evaluated prior to being turned in for grading, is not guaranteed. I would like to thank Dr. Seto and the entire Counselor Education Program at The College of New Jersey for being patient, informative, and overall very effective instructors. Abstract A literature review on the affects of parenting styles on adolescent smoking and school achievement. The†¦show more content†¦It was here where parental control (demandingness) was a significant protective factor, even though this was not the case in younger adolescents. Thus, both aspects of authoritative parenting, responsiveness and demandingness were confirmed to be protective factors in both males and females across age groups. Parenting style and adolescent smoking. O’Byrne, Haddock, Poston, and Mid America Heart Institute (2002) investigated whether parenting style was a risk factor of smoking initiation and experimentation among adolescents and whether there was a relationship between parenting style and readiness to quit, and nicotine dependence among smokers. O’Byrne et al. (2002) defined current smokers as those who smoke regularly, experimenters as individuals who have smoked on one or two occasions, but have not smoked in the past month. Initiated smokers were considered both current smokers and individuals who smoked regularly in the past and then quit. Readiness to quit was categorized into four stages: precontemplation, for those who had no intent on quitting, contemplation, for those who may quit but not within the next 6 months, preparation, for those who will quit within the next 6 months and action, for those who will quit next month. Parenting style was measure by the Family of Origin Scale (FOS) which measured fami ly intimacy and autonomy. This scaleShow MoreRelatedLiterature Review- Parenting Styles and Child Development1737 Words   |  7 PagesAbstract A parenting style is a method or type of parenting which directly and indirectly influences the development of the child. Developmental psychologists study the physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, emotional and personality growth and development that occurs throughout a lifetime. 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