Martin Pinquart

Who they are

Pinquart's affiliation on the 2017 paper is Philipps University.

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Key papers

Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis (2017). Parental warmth, behavioural control, autonomy granting and an authoritative parenting style showed very small to small associations with fewer externalizing problems, both at the same time and over time. Harsh control, psychological control, and authoritarian, permissive and neglectful parenting were associated with more. The strongest associations were for harsh control and psychological control. Several associations, including those for warmth, behavioural control, harsh control, psychological control and authoritative parenting, ran in both directions, meaning children's behaviour also predicted later parenting. The size of the effects varied with sampling, the child's age, who rated parenting and behaviour, measurement quality and publication status.

Key ideas

The meta-analysis supports Diana Baumrind's view that warmth combined with firm control is linked with better behaviour, but it puts a size on the link: small. Its finding that the associations run both ways is a reminder that difficult children shape their parents as well as the reverse. In a separate 2018 meta-analysis with R. Kauser, Pinquart reported that authoritative parenting was associated with at least one positive outcome in every region of the world studied.

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