PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTING STYLES IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC SELF-ESTEEM OF PRESCHOOLERS.

Warash, Bobbie Gibson; Markstrom, Carol A.

Academic self-esteem was examined in relation to parental perceptions of parenting styles among middle-class preschool children enrolled in a university Laboratory School. Mothers and fathers completed the Parents Report that: assesses five dimensions of parenting, and the head teacher at the preschool completed the Behavioral Academic Self-Esteem (BASE) Rating Scale on each child. Correlational analyses were conducted separately for boys and girls. Mothers' and fathers' perceptions of their parenting styles bore different relations with their sons' and daughters' academic self-esteem. Maternal respect for autonomy and control through guilt and anxiety were positively associated with selected aspects of academic self-esteem of sons, and maternal temper and detachment was negatively associated with academic self-esteem daughters. Paternal respect for autonomy, control through guilt and anxiety, and temper and detachment were positively related to certain aspects of boys' academic self-esteem. Paternal consistency was positively related to academic self-esteem of daughters.

SELF-esteem in children; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOLOGY of preschool children; PARENTING; SEX differences (Biology)

Education, 2001, Vol 121, Issue 3, p485

0013-1172

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