The relationship among parenting styles, children's empathy, and certain problematic behaviors in children and young adolescents

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Melvin, Holly Lynn
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	This research project was designed as an exploratory study to examine the relationships among parenting styles of caregivers, children's empathy, and certain problematic behaviors in children and young adolescents. The measures used included the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Index 2, the Empathy Tendency Index, and the Child Behavior Checklist. The sample of 53 child/caregiver pairs was obtained from a county mental health clinic, after being referred for treatment due to problematic behaviors identified in the children. Three correlations based on the study variables were analyzed using Pearson Correlations. Significant results included a negative relationship between child's empathy and caregiver's oppression of child's will and power. A negative correlation between child's social problem behavior and caregiver's inappropriate developmental expectations was found. Finally, a negative correlation between caregiver's use of corporal punishment and child's delinquent behaviors was significant. Implications for Social Work practice were discussed.
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