Pathways of Parenting Style on Adolescents’ College Adjustment, Academic Achievement, and Alcohol Risk

Abstract

This study examined the pathways of parenting style (permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative) to alcohol consumption and consequences through the mediators of college adjustment and academic achievement (grade point average [GPA]). Participants were 289 students from a private, mid-size, West Coast university (mean age 19.01 years, 58.8% female, and 59.3% Caucasian) who completed online surveys. A path model discovered that receipt of permissive and authoritarian parenting uniquely predicted poorer college adjustment, but authoritative parenting predicted better college adjustment. Further, authoritarian parenting predicted lower GPA, but authoritative parenting predicted higher GPA. Better college adjustment, in turn, was predictive of fewer negative alcohol-related consequences, whereas higher GPA predicted lower drinking levels. Preventive implications for collegiate counseling centers and collaborative campus-wide health promotion efforts are discussed.

Relationship between Parenting Style, Alexithymia and Aggression in Emerging Adults

“…The potential range of scores for each of the three subscales is 10 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater use of the particular parenting style. All scales have previously demonstrated good internal consistency (Kenney, Lac, Hummer, Grimaldi, & LaBrie, 2015). The PAQ is psychometrically sound and has demonstrated high content, discriminant, and criterion validity (Buri, Louiselle, Misukanis, & Mueller, 1988;Klein, O'Bryant, & Hopkins, 1996).…”

Links Between Israeli College Students’ Self-Regulated Learning and Their Recollections of Their Parents’ Parenting Styles

“…Regarding older learners like college students, the link between self-regulation in learning and parents' parenting style has been studied much less. On one hand, some of the available research studies on this age group show that globally, parenting styles continue to influence students' achievements (Abar et al, 2009;Kenney et al, 2015;Turner et al, 2009, for African Americans;Chan & Chan, 2005;Joshi et al, 2003;Silva et al, 2007), academic adjustment (Alt, 2016), intrinsic motivation (Gonzalez et al, 2001), and selfefficacy (Turner et al, 2009) in the same way as they did in the younger years: authoritative parenting increases and authoritarian parenting decreases these characteristics. A link between authoritative parenting and effort management was also found in college students (Strage, 1998), independent of whether the students lived with their parents or not.…”

Permissive Parenting Style and College Self-Efficacy as Determinants of College Adjustment [Pola Asuh Permisif dan College Self-Efficacy Menentukan College Adjustment Mahasiswa]

“…Hubungan antara parenting style dan CA dapat ditemukan dalam beberapa penelitian, salah satunya penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Kenney et al (2015). Hasil penelitian menyatakan bahwa remaja yang diasuh dengan parenting style permisif dan otoritarian memiliki kemampuan CA yang lebih rendah, tetapi parenting style otoritatif meramalkan CA yang lebih tinggi.…”

“…The relationship between parenting style and CA can be discovered in a number of pieces of research, one of these being that conducted by Kenney et al (2015). The research results stated that adolescents raised using permissive and authoritarian parenting styles have lower CA abilities, but authoritative parenting styles predict higher CA abilities.…”