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Parental Discipline During Emerging Adulthood: A Person-Centered Approach
Cliff McKinney1, Sarah E Hovanec1, Erica Szkody1
15547Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|March 28, 2022
Summary
Emerging adults experience various parental discipline styles, from approval to abuse. These patterns are linked to increasing psychological problems in both parents and emerging adults, with gender playing a role.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Parental discipline research traditionally focuses on children and adolescents.
- Emerging adulthood is a critical developmental period where parental influence persists.
- A new instrument validates the assessment of parental discipline in emerging adults.
Purpose of the Study:
- To apply a person-centered approach to understand emerging adult discipline profiles.
- To identify distinct patterns of parental discipline received by emerging adults.
- To examine the association between these discipline profiles and psychological outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used with 1110 university students.
- Data were collected using a validated instrument for emerging adult discipline.
- Profiles were analyzed in relation to parental and emerging adult psychological problems and gender.
Main Results:
- Four distinct parental discipline profiles emerged: approving, distant, disappointed, and abusive.
- Psychological problems (parental and personal) increased across these profiles from approving to abusive.
- Gender moderated the relationship between discipline profiles and psychological outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Parental discipline in emerging adulthood manifests in identifiable profiles with varying psychological correlates.
- The findings highlight the significant impact of parental discipline on emerging adult well-being.
- Understanding these profiles can inform interventions for psychological distress in emerging adults and their families.
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