Parenting and disruptive behavior: The role of parental involvement

• Main Author: Billups, Jessica Louise
• Other Authors: Cliff McKinney
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: MSSTATE 2013
• Subjects: Psychology
• Online Access: http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03262013-162244/

<p>Parenting practices have great influence over a childs behavior. Specifically, parental involvement may protect children from developing problem behaviors during their development. A strong parent-child relationship may act as a preventative measure towards development of disruptive behavior into emerging adulthood (i.e., 18 to 25 years). The current study aimed to examine the effects of parenting practices and parental involvement on emerging adult outcomes. Results indicated that parental involvement and parenting styles were negatively correlated with disruptive behavior, parenting styles and parental involvement were positively correlated with one another, and females tended to perceive higher levels of involvement from mothers. In addition, it was found that parenting styles and disruptive behavior were accounted for through parental involvement. Child disclosure also was associated with lower levels of disruptive behavior, whereas parental solicitation was found to be associated with higher levels disruptive behavior.</p>