Associations of Parenting Dimensions and Styles with Internalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. Issue 7 (3rd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pinquart, Martin
• Is Part Of: Marriage & family review. Volume 53:Issue 7(2017)
• Page Start: 613
• Page End: 640
• Publication Date: 2017-10-03
• Subjects: anxiety -- depression -- internalizing symptoms -- meta-analysis -- parenting; Family -- United States -- Periodicals; Marriage -- United States -- Periodicals; 306.8
• DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2016.1247761
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-4929

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present meta-analysis integrates research from 1, 015 studies on associations of parenting dimensions and styles with internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents. Parental warmth, behavioral control, autonomy granting, and authoritative parenting showed very small to small negative concurrent and longitudinal associations with internalizing symptoms. In contrast, harsh control, psychological control, authoritarian, and, in part, neglectful parenting were associated with higher levels of internalizing symptoms. Parental warmth, behavioral control, harsh control, psychological control, autonomy granting, and authoritative parenting predicted change in internalizing symptoms over time, with associations of internalizing symptoms with parental warmth, psychological control, and authoritative parenting being bidirectional. Moderating effects of study characteristics are identified. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.