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Marta Alcaide1, Oscar F Garcia2, Olga Gomez-Ortiz3
1Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Parental warmth, not strictness, promotes children's psychosocial adjustment. Research shows warmth positively impacts self-esteem and social competence in adolescents and young adults.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Psychology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Traditional views often emphasize parental strictness for child conformity.
- Recent research challenges the necessity of strictness for optimal child development.
- Parenting styles significantly influence children's psychosocial adjustment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the relationship between parental warmth and strictness and children's psychosocial adjustment.
- To investigate how parenting dimensions affect self-concept, self-esteem, social competence, and conformity.
- To provide empirical evidence on effective parenting strategies for child development.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 1,224 Spanish adolescents and young adults (ages 12-35) participated.
- Online questionnaires assessed parenting dimensions (warmth, strictness) and psychosocial adjustment.
- Statistical analyses included correlation and multiple linear regression, with Cohen's d and beta confidence intervals.
Main Results:
- Parental warmth showed a positive association with self-esteem, social competence, and conformity.
- These positive effects of warmth were consistent across adolescent and young adult age groups.
- Parental strictness was negatively or not significantly associated with psychosocial adjustment criteria.
Conclusions:
- Parental warmth is more effective than strictness in fostering children's psychosocial adjustment.
- Findings contradict the notion that strict parenting is essential for healthy child development.
- Emphasizing warmth in parenting is recommended for promoting positive psychosocial outcomes.
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