Baumrind Parenting Styles Flashcards

Diana Baumrind

• Influential psychologist from the 1970s known for research on parenting styles.
• Developed a model consisting of four distinct parenting styles.

Four Parenting Styles

• Authoritative: Combines warmth with structure.
• Permissive-Indulgent: Warm but allows considerable freedom; indulgent nature.
• Permissive-Uninvolved: Lack of warmth or demands; neglectful.
• Authoritarian: High control with low warmth; strict and demanding.

Control

• Refers to how a parent manages a child's behavior.
• Can range from highly controlling environments to few rules and minimal demands.

Warmth

• Represents a parent's ability to manage behavior with acceptance and responsiveness.
• Contrasts with rejection and unresponsiveness.

Authoritative Parents

• Display a balance of warmth and control, fostering independence in children.
• Engage in discussions, emphasizing rationality.
• Hold primary responsibility for setting boundaries.

Child of Authoritative Parents

• Develop negotiation skills and learn the importance of their opinions.
• Generally exhibit qualities such as lively confidence and social competence.

Authoritative Development

• Associated with children who are happy, confident, and socially adept.
• Cultivates autonomy in young individuals.

Authoritarian Parents

• Characterized by a lack of warmth, enforcing strict discipline.
• Establish rigid, non-negotiable rules and standards.

Child of Authoritarian Parents

• Values discipline more than independence.
• Often tends to be rebellious, anxious, withdrawn, and reliant on others.
• May excel academically despite negative emotional implications.

Permissive-Indulgent Parents

• Exhibit warmth but are passive and indulgent.
• Show love by granting children's wishes, act as resources rather than authority figures.

Child of Permissive-Indulgent Parents

• Develop a high degree of autonomy in decision-making while undermining authority.
• Struggle with self-control and tend toward egocentrism.

Permissive-Uninvolved Parents

• Demonstrate no warmth and place no demands on children.
• Show neglect towards children's needs and lack engagement in their lives.

Child of Permissive-Uninvolved Parents

• Likely to perform poorly in school and exhibit delinquent behavior.
• Exhibit impulsiveness, depression, and egocentric traits, similar to children of permissive-indulgent parents.