Subjects: Psychology >> Developmental Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Personality Psychology submitted time 2023-06-16
Abstract: How to develop the healthy personality of children and adolescents is a common concern in the society, among which family parenting style has received more and more attention, but the findings are inconsistent. To reveal the relationship between the two and its moderating mechanism, this study conducted a meta-analysis of 1054 effect values from 52 studies with 19,642 subjects. The results showed that (1) Positive parenting style is significantly and positively related to healthy personality, while negative parenting style is significantly and negatively related to healthy personality. (2) The effect of parenting style on healthy personality was moderated by the age of children and adolescents, with an inverted U-shaped trend of "small at the end and large in the middle," reflecting a strong influence at the junior high and high school levels, and a weak influence at the elementary and college levels. In addition, the effect of parenting style on the integrity of children and adolescents was also moderated by the gender, generation, and region of the children. The results of this study provide a scientific perspective and an empirical basis for the development and education of children and adolescents' sound personality in the context of Chinese family culture.
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