Parenting Style Dimensions As Predictors of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior.
Antisocial behavior is strongly associated with academic failure in adolescence. There is a solid body of evidence that points to parenting style as one of its main predictors. The objective of this work is to elaborate a reduced, valid, and reliable version of the questionnaire by Oliva et al. (2007) to evaluate the dimensions of parenting style and to analyze its psychometric properties in a sample of Spanish adolescents. To that end, the designed questionnaire was applied to 1974 adolescents 12-18 years of age from Asturias (Spain). Regarding construct validity, the results show that the model that best represents the data is composed of six dimensions of parenting style, just as in the original scale, namely affection and communication; promotion of autonomy; behavioral control; psychological control; self-disclosure; and humor. The psychological control factor negatively correlates with the other factors, with the exception of behavioral control, with which it positively correlates. The remaining correlations among the factors in the parenting style questionnaire are positive. Regarding internal consistency, the reliability analysis for each factor supports the suitability of this six-factor model. With regard to criterion validity, as expected based on the evidence available, the six dimensions of parenting style correlate in a statistically significant manner with the three antisocial behavior measures used as criteria (off-line school aggression, antisocial behavior, and antisocial friendships). Specifically, all dimensions negatively correlate with the three variables, except for psychological control. In the latter case, the correlation is positive. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
David
D
Álvarez-García
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
Trinidad
T
García
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
Alejandra
A
Barreiro-Collazo
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
Alejandra
A
Dobarro
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
Ángela
Á
Antúnez
adolescence; antisocial behavior; evaluation; family; parenting style
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