title: DYADIC PARENTING AND CHILDREN'S EXTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS.
abstract: We explore dyadic parenting styles and their association with first-grade children's externalizing behavior symptoms in a sample of 85 working-class, dual-earner families. Cluster analysis is used to create a typology of parenting types, reflecting the parental warmth, overreactivity, and laxness of both mothers and fathers in two-parent families. Three distinct groups emerged: Supportive Parents, Mixed-Support Parents and Unsupportive Parents. Results indicate that dyadic parenting styles were related to teacher-reported externalizing symptoms for boys but not for girls.
authors.affiliation: Associate Psychologist, Greater Binghamton Health Center.
authors.forename: Karen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Meteyer
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perry-Jenkins