Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Practices: Development of a New Measure

Keywords

authoritative parenting practices, permissive parenting, authoritarian parenting

Abstract

A 133-item parenting questionnaire was completed by 1251 parents of preschool and school-age children. Items in this measure were reduced using principal axes factor analyses followed by varimax rotation. Three global parenting dimensions emerged consistent with Baumrind's authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive typologies. Internal consistency reliability was assessed with Cronbach alpha and additional items were deleted. A 62-item instrument was retained, and the global parenting dimensions were subsequently analyzed to assess their internal structures using principal axes factor analyses followed by oblique rotation. For each of the three global dimensions a number of specific factors were identified.

Original Publication Citation

Robinson, C.L., Mandleco, B.M., Olsen, S.F., & Hart, C.H. (1995). Authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting practices: Development of a new measure. Psychological Reports, 77, 819-830.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1995-12-01

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5454

Publisher

Psychological Reports

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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