Measurement and Function of the Control Dimension in Parenting Styles: A Systematic Review

Marta González-Cámara, Alfonso Osorio and Charo Reparaz
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Marta González-Cámara: School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Alfonso Osorio: School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Charo Reparaz: School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: Recent studies have shown different results in identifying which parenting style is the most beneficial for children, which has encouraged certain authors to wonder whether parental control is still needed for optimal parenting. As such investigations have been conducted with different measuring instruments, it is necessary to check whether the use of different instruments leads to different results. In order to figure this out, a systematic review of the recent literature (Web of Science and Scopus, 2000–2017) was carried out. This review found that, using certain instruments, parental control is associated with better outcomes in children, while using certain others, control is associated with worse outcomes. The difference seems to be in the way of measuring parental control.

Keywords: parenting styles; behavioral control; coercion; strictness; supervision; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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