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Mandara, Jelani

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“…In their discussion of the strengths and limitations of variable-and person-centered approaches, Mandara (2003) and Bergman and Andersson (2010) pointed out that a strictly variable-or person-centered approach narrows the possibilities of understanding a complex reality and, therefore, hampers progress in research on child and family psychology. Since subspace K-means combines both approaches (i.e., clustering of parents and reduction of parenting behaviors to broader parenting dimensions), we expect that it will provide more fine-grained information on parenting than could be obtained with either factor or cluster analysis alone, which will be useful in understanding child functioning.…”

Section: Illustrative Application: Parenting Types and Dimensionsmentioning

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Subspace K-means clustering

Timmerman¹,

Ceulemans²,

Roover³

et al. 2013

Behav Res

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To achieve an insightful clustering of multivariate data, we propose subspace K-means. Its central idea is to model the centroids and cluster residuals in reduced spaces, which allows for dealing with a wide range of cluster types and yields rich interpretations of the clusters. We review the existing related clustering methods, including deterministic, stochastic, and unsupervised learning approaches. To evaluate subspace K-means, we performed a comparative simulation study, in which we manipulated the overlap of subspaces, the between-cluster variance, and the error variance. The study shows that the subspace K-means algorithm is sensitive to local minima but that the problem can be reasonably dealt with by using partitions of various cluster procedures as a starting point for the algorithm. Subspace Kmeans performs very well in recovering the true clustering across all conditions considered and appears to be superior to its competitor methods: K-means, reduced K-means, factorial K-means, mixtures of factor analyzers (MFA), and MCLUST. The best competitor method, MFA, showed a performance similar to that of subspace K-means in easy conditions but deteriorated in more difficult ones. Using data from a study on parental behavior, we show that subspace K-means analysis provides a rich insight into the cluster characteristics, in terms of both the relative positions of the clusters (via the centroids) and the shape of the clusters (via the within-cluster residuals).

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Section: Illustrative Application: Parenting Types and Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Subspace K-means clustering

Timmerman¹,

Ceulemans²,

Roover³

et al. 2013

Behav Res

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“…This is the most difficult decision in cluster analysis, and has traditionally been the Achilles 0 heel of cluster analysis (Mandara 2003). In order to accomplish this purpose, 20 samples that resulted from ten random divisions of the total data in two equal size samples were first submitted to hierarchical cluster analysis.…”

Section: Identification Of the Types Of Parental Rearing Styles Throumentioning

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“…The number of clusters to be retained was decided by means of a replication analysis. A modification of the replication method developed by McIntyre and Blashfield (1980), described by Mandara (2003), was applied. The method of replication was as follows: first, a full cluster analysis is performed on one of the samples (sample A).…”

Section: Identification Of the Types Of Parental Rearing Styles Throumentioning

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Patterns of Parental Rearing Styles and Child Behaviour Problems among Portuguese School-Aged Children

Pereira¹,

Canavarro

Cardoso

et al. 2008

J Child Fam Stud

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The majority of studies investigating the effects of parental behaviour on the child's adjustment have a dimensional approach. We identified the existence of various patterns in parental rearing styles and analysed the relationship between different parenting patterns and behavioural problems in a group of school-aged children. A longitudinal, multi-informant study was conducted. The sample consisted of 519 school-aged children from the Portuguese general population. Parental rearing styles were measured using the EMBU-C, a questionnaire that evaluates children's perception of parental rearing dimensions. The assessment of child behavioural problems included the evaluation of internalizing and externalizing problems, and data from multiple reporters (parents and teacher). One year later, after a school transition, the adjustment of a subsample of 220 children was evaluated again. Cluster analysis identified four types of parental rearing styles: low support, supportive-controller, rejecting-controller, and supportive. In both assessment periods, low support and rejecting-controller parenting patterns showed higher levels of behavioural problems than the supportive and supportive-controller parenting patterns. These patterns show significant differences between them regarding behavioural problems and have a higher predictive value regarding externalizing problems (versus internalizing problems).

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“…Diversos autores han apoyado la conveniencia de utilizar una aproximación tipológica para estudiar conductas complejas, argumentando que esta aproximación multidimensional puede proporcionar una mayor comprensión de la influencia de las características de los padres en el desarrollo de los hijos que el aná-lisis de las prácticas educativas usadas como factores de riesgo (Bergman y Magnusson, 1997;Henry, Tolan, y Gorman-Smith, 2005;Mandara, 2003).…”

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Consistency/Inconsistency in Paternal and Maternal Parenting Styles and Daily Stress in Adolescence // Consistencia/inconsistencia en los estilos educativos de padres y madres, y estrés cotidiano en la adolescencia

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Universidad de JaénResumen Este estudio analiza las diversas situaciones de consistencia y de inconsistencia en los estilos educativos de ambos progenitores y su relación con el estrés cotidiano que informan sus hijos e hijas adolescentes en los contextos más significativos de su vida. Los participantes fueron 840 estudiantes de E.S.O. con edades entre los 12 y 16 años. Para establecer los estilos educativos parentales se utilizó el análisis de clúster. Los resultados muestran que, cuando se atribuye un estilo democrático a ambos padres, los hijos informan los menores niveles de estrés cotidiano. Las situaciones de consistencia en los estilos de ambos padres reducen el estrés frente a las situaciones de inconsistencia. La presencia de un sólo progenitor democrático en la familia se asocia con menor estrés; sin embargo, no basta que uno de los padres ejerza un estilo democrático, sino que depende además del estilo desarrollado por el otro miembro de la pareja. Palabras clave: Estilos educativos paternos, consistencia, inconsistencia, estrés diario, adolescentes AbstractThis paper analyzes the different consistent and inconsistent combinations of maternal and paternal parenting styles and their relationship with daily stress reported by their children in the main life settings. Participants were 840 Secondary School students, aged 12 to 16. A cluster analysis was performed in order to obtain the parenting styles of both mothers and fathers. Results showed that children reported lower levels of stress when assigning an authoritative style to both parents. Consistency in the style of both parents reduces stress over inconsistent settings. The presence of an authoritative father in the family was associated with lower perceived stress. However, the fact that one parent develops an authoritative style did not seem to be enough, but this also depended on the style developed by the other partner.

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Cited by 164 publications

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Subspace K-means clustering

Subspace K-means clustering

Patterns of Parental Rearing Styles and Child Behaviour Problems among Portuguese School-Aged Children

Consistency/Inconsistency in Paternal and Maternal Parenting Styles and Daily Stress in Adolescence // Consistencia/inconsistencia en los estilos educativos de padres y madres, y estrés cotidiano en la adolescencia

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