Topic: C195 Confrontation & Coercion
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PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING READING:

Sorkhabi, N., & Middaugh, E. (2014). How parents’ uses of confrontive and coercive control relate to variations in parent-adolescent conflict, adolescent disclosure, and parental knowledge: Adolescents’ Perspective. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23 (7), 1227-1241.

MULTIPLE CHOICE (1 point possible)
Maturity Demands refer to …

Parental efforts to stop undesirable and ongoing child behavior Parental efforts to accommodate the child’s viewpoint Parental efforts to display warmth/affection Parental efforts to encourage or induce the child to exhibit behaviors that the child is not yet exhibiting

Nurturance refers to …

Parental efforts to display warmth/affection Parental efforts to display warmth/affection and guarantee the child’s psychological and physical well-being Parents allowing children freedom and autonomy Parents listening to the child’s input and perspective

Parenting practices …

Refer to parental responsiveness and demandingness… Specific actions that parents take in specific instances to stop ongoing child behavior Specific actions that parents take in specific instances to accommodate the child’s needs and perspective Specific actions that parents take in specific instances to stop ongoing child behavior and specific actions that parents take in specific instances to accommodate the child’s needs and perspective

Authoritarian and permissive parents share in common the following:

Both parenting styles are related to positive child outcomes Both parenting styles are characterized by high nurturance and reciprocal communication Neither type of parent distinguishes between child behavior that is or is not praise-worthy None of the above

WRITTEN RESPONSE QUESTIONS

Why is authoritarian parenting that is high on control related to negative developmental outcomes? Why is responsiveness important?
Why is permissive parenting that is high on responsiveness related to negative developmental outcomes? Why is demandingness important?
What other factors, besides the balance in responsiveness and demandingness of authoritative parenting, contribute to the positive developmental outcomes that are associated with authoritative parenting?
What are some examples of basic rules and limits parents should consistently and unequivocally enforce every time from early childhood to adolescence?
Why are parents important to children’s development?
Under what conditions should children and adolescents be granted autonomy?
How would you explain the finding by Sorkhabi and Middaugh that adolescents reported more conflict with authoritarian mothers than with directive, authoritative, or democratic mothers?
How would you explain the finding by Sorkhabi and Middaugh that adolescents were more likely to disclose their activities and whereabouts to authoritative and directive mothers than to authoritarian and democratic mothers?
Describe how Sorkhabi and Middaugh assessed parenting styles and explain why their approach is useful?
What conclusions can be drawn from the Sorkhabi and Middaugh study regarding parental control and autonomy-granting during adolescence? Explain.