Psychology
Issues and challenges in studying parental control: Toward a new conceptualization
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Although investigators have long considered parents' exertion of control over children as a central part of the socialization process, the study of control has been marked by conceptual and empirical confusion. This article outlines some of the history of the construct of control in the context of parenting, delineating the development of the contemporary approach that distinguishes among multiple forms of control. It proposes a refinement of this approach such that only parenting characterized by pressure, intrusion, and domination should be considered control, whereas parenting frequently labeled control but characterized mainly by guidance should be considered structure. This article highlights the benefits of distinguishing between these two dimensions of parenting rather than multiple forms of control. © 2009, Copyright the Author(s). Journal Compilation © 2009, Society for Research in Child Development.
Publication Title
Child Development Perspectives
Publication Date
2009
Volume
3
Issue
3
First Page
165
Last Page
170
ISSN
1750-8592
DOI
10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00099.x
Keywords
control, parenting, structure
Repository Citation
Grolnick, Wendy S. and Pomerantz, Eva M., "Issues and challenges in studying parental control: Toward a new conceptualization" (2009). Psychology. 469.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/469
