title: Parenting styles and academic achievement in college students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and college academic achievement. An ethnically diverse group of college students reported their GPA and responded to the Parenting Style Index. Parenting style scores were unrelated to college GPA. Additional analyses of ethnic groups indicated differences in maternal involvement and strictness and relationship of these variables to GPA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, 90032-8190, USA. ajoshi@calstatela.edu
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: Pamela C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D013334:Students