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Source: Northwestern University
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1. Mandara, Jelani
An Empirically Derived Parenting Typology
Working Paper, Program in Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2010
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Northwestern University
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Depression (see also CESD); Discipline; Family Income; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading)

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The purpose of this study was to uncover dispositional types of parents among 4754 adolescents and their parents from the NLSY-79. Cluster analytic methods were used and five qualitatively different parenting types were uncovered. Moreover, the profiles and effects of parenting type were consistent for African, European, and Hispanic Americans. Authoritative and strict authoritative parents had much higher SES, achievement and mental health than the permissive, authoritarian or neglectful parents. Even after adjusting for the background factors, those with authoritative parents had higher achievement, fewer depressive symptoms and less externalizing problems for each ethnic group. However, European American youth were twice as likely as Hispanic and African American youth to have authoritative parents. It was concluded that the traditional conception of authoritative parenting may be optimal for all American ethnic groups, even if it is not culturally normative for some. A stricter version of authoritative parenting was also adequate.
Bibliography Citation
Mandara, Jelani. "An Empirically Derived Parenting Typology." Working Paper, Program in Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2010.
2. Mo, Jennifer
Environmental Factors in Determining Childhood Success
Honors Thesis (B.A.), Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Northwestern University, 2006
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Northwestern University
Keyword(s): Bias Decomposition; Children, Well-Being; Geographical Variation; Parental Influences; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Undergraduate Research

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

While much of the success a child has can be attributed to family characteristics, great amounts of variation are still left unexplained. This paper attempts to look at different absolute and relative community variables, taken while a child is 3 years of age, and then looks ahead to child test scores a number of years later in order to locate variables which are predictive of testing success or failure. Results show that a number of community variables are highly significant, including both absolute and relative variables. Crime rate, differences in income from the community norm, and racial variables are important predictors, though race has a very counterintuitive result. A few possible reasons for this are explored, though results are inconclusive. Further investigation could shed some light on this result.
Bibliography Citation
Mo, Jennifer. "Environmental Factors in Determining Childhood Success." Honors Thesis (B.A.), Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Northwestern University, 2006.