Research
Teens with authoritarian parents tend to hold more antisocial beliefs, study finds
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A study links authoritarian parenting (strict, punitive discipline with little warmth) to more antisocial beliefs in teenagers.
- The beliefs studied justify rule-breaking and aggression and tend to persist over time.
- Teens may later show rises in anxiety and depression above their own typical levels.
Why it matters
The findings add longitudinal evidence on how parenting style relates to adolescent attitudes and mental health, which is relevant to researchers studying family and developmental psychology.
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- #parenting
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- #mental health
- #developmental psychology
Teenagers raised by parents who rely on strict, punitive discipline with little warmth tend to hold more enduring beliefs that justify rule-breaking and aggression, and may later experience rises in anxiety and depression above their own typical levels. The findings, published in…
Timeline
PsyPost reports the study findings
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Teens with authoritarian parents tend to hold more antisocial beliefs, study finds