A1 Journal article (refereed)
The role of parents' self-esteem, mastery-orientation and social background in their parenting styles (1999)

Aunola, K., Nurmi, J.-E., Onatsu-Arvilommin, T., & Pulkkinen, L. (1999). The role of parents' self-esteem, mastery-orientation and social background in their parenting styles. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40(4), 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9450.404131

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Onatsu-Arvilommin, Tiina; Pulkkinen, Lea

Journal or series: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 0036-5564

eISSN: 1467-9450

Publication year: 1999

Volume: 40

Issue number: 4

Pages range: 307-317

Publisher: Blackwell

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9450.404131

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Abstract

In order to examine the extent to which parents' levels of education, financial resources, self-esteem, and their mastery-orientation versus task-avoidance are associated with their parenting styles and parental stress, data from two studies were analyzed. In Study I, parents of 105 6 to 7-year old children were asked to fill in scales measuring their parenting styles and parental stress, mastery-orientation, financial resources, and their level of education. In Study II, 235 parents were asked to fill in the same scales. An identical pattern of results was found in the two studies. Parents' self-esteem and their use of mastery-oriented strategy were found to be associated with authoritative parenting and low parental stress, whereas parents' low level of education was related to an authoritarian parenting style. The results further showed that the impact of parents' self-esteem on authoritative parenting and parental stress was partly mediated by thier use of a mastery-oriented strategy.

Keywords: parents; parenthood; children (age groups); parent-child relationship; self-esteem; stress (biological phenomena); managing; mental well-being; social background

Free keywords: parenting style; parental stress; self-esteem; mastery-orientation; task-avoidance

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