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Title: The Effect of Parenting Styles and Depressive Symptoms on Young Adult's Educational Attainment
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1. Hearne, Brittany Nicole
The Effect of Parenting Styles and Depressive Symptoms on Young Adult's Educational Attainment
M.A. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2015
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Vanderbilt University
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Educational Attainment; Parenting Skills/Styles; Racial Differences

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In this research, I consider whether the impact of parenting during middle and late adolescence is directly connected to educational attainment in young adulthood or whether the influence of parenting is better understood as indirectly affecting educational progress through mental health. Parenting styles are predominantly divided along two orthogonal dimensions in the relevant literature -- responsiveness/ supportiveness versus demanding/controlling (e.g., Maccoby and Martin 1983). These two dimensions are further divided into four categories-- uninvolved parenting, permissive parenting, authoritative parenting, and authoritarian parenting (e.g., Maccoby and Martin 1983; Baumrind 1991; Spera 2005), which are the types of parenting I consider. Variations in the characteristics of these four parenting styles are connected to whether youth perform well in school (Spera 2005).
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Hearne, Brittany Nicole. The Effect of Parenting Styles and Depressive Symptoms on Young Adult's Educational Attainment. M.A. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2015.