Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: an updated meta-analysis

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1,435 studies; warmth, behavioural control, autonomy granting and authoritative style showed very small to small negative associations with externalizing problems; harsh control, psychological control, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful parenting associated with more; several associations bidirectional.

1,435 studies; warmth, behavioural control, autonomy granting and authoritative style showed very small to small negative associations with externalizing problems; harsh control, psychological control, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful parenting associated with more; several associations bidirectional.

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doi:10.1037/dev0000295. Abstract read: 1,435 studies; warmth, behavioural control, autonomy granting and authoritative style showed very small to small negative associations with externalizing problems; harsh control, psychological control, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful parenting associated with more; several associations bidirectional.