Differentiating between Confrontive and Coercive Kinds of Parental Power-Assertive Disciplinary Practices

Autor/in	Baumrind, Diana
Titel	Differentiating between Confrontive and Coercive Kinds of Parental Power-Assertive Disciplinary Practices
Quelle	In: Human Development, 55 (2012) 2, S.35-51 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-716X
DOI	10.1159/000337962
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Parenting Styles; Discipline; Power Structure; Authoritarianism; Differences; Children; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disziplin; Autoritarismus; Unterscheiden; Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	In this essay, I differentiate between coercive and confrontive kinds of power assertion to elucidate the significantly different effects on children's well-being of authoritarian and authoritative styles of parental authority. Although both parenting styles (in contrast to the permissive style) are equally demanding, forceful, and power-assertive, they differ from each other in the characteristic kind of power they assert on their children to obtain compliance with parents' demands. The kind of power that characterizes authoritarian parents is "coercive" (arbitrary, peremptory, domineering, and concerned with marking status distinctions), whereas the kind of power that characterizes authoritative parents is "confrontive" (reasoned, negotiable, outcome-oriented, and concerning with regulating behaviors). I argue that the effects of power assertion are detrimental only when coercive, so that the common presumption that power-assertive disciplinary practices per se are harmful is unjustified. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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