Is Your Parenting Style Hindering Your Child’s Chances At Succeeding In Their Post-Seconday Education? A Pilot Study Of Parent Gender And Parenting Style Effects On College Student Adjustment

Research was conducted on parent gender and parenting style effects on college student adjustment. Literature suggest that an authoritative parenting style is most optimal for adolescent outcomes contributing to adjustment in the following ways: social, attachment, personal emotional and academic. The current study utilized a convenience sample of 52 participants that examined the associations of parent gender and perceive parenting styles on college student adjustment. Significant relations were found among the differences between maternal and paternal permissive parenting on overall student adjustment.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Sociology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Jones, Natya

Contributors dc:contributor

• James M. Thomas
• John Sonnett
• John J. Green

• Adolescent
• Adult Outcomes
• Children
• Family Process
• Family Structure
• Parenting
• Sociology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/850

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1849