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Contents

The Parent Effect

How Parenting Style Affects Adolescent Behavior and Personality Development

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Part One: Adolescence

Introduction

1 Adolescence

  • Changes
  • Developmental Tasks of Adolescence
  • Normal Adolescent Behavior

Part Two: Parenting Styles

2 Parenting Style Self-Assessment

  • Section 1: Teen Scenarios and Parental Responses
  • Section 2: Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Section 3: Find Your Parenting Style

3 “My House, My Rules” Parents

  • Case Example
  • Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Parenting Style: Origins and Motivations
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Short- and Long-Term Outcomes
  • Summary

4 “Your Life is My Life” Parents

  • Case Example
  • Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Parenting Style: Origins and Motivations
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Short- and Long-Term Outcomes
  • Summary

5 “Cool” Parents

  • Case Example
  • Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Parenting Style: Origins and Motivations
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Short- and Long-Term Outcomes
  • Summary

6 “Not Now, I’m Busy” Parents

  • Case Example
  • Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Parenting Style: Origins and Motivations
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Short- and Long-Term Outcomes
  • Summary

7 “Easygoing” Parents

  • Case Example
  • Parenting Style Characteristics
  • Parenting Style: Origins and Motivations
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Short- and Long-Term Outcomes
  • Summary

Part Three: Parental Life Issues

8 Divorce and Remarriage

  • Case Example
  • Divorce
  • Parenting Style Changes
  • Special Situations in Divorcing Families
  • Adolescent Reactions
  • Long-Term Consequences of Divorce
  • Summary

9 Physical Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, and Substance Abuse

  • Case Example
  • Physical Illness
  • Psychiatric Disorders
  • Substance Abuse
  • Summary

Part Four: Assessment and Change

10 Parenting Style—Become the Parent You Want to Be

  • The Parent Effect: An Allegory
  • Parenting Teens
  • Characteristics of Healthy Families
  • Parenting Styles and Their Challenges
  • Assessing Your Parenting Style
  • Establising Parenting Goals
  • More Thoughts on Effective Parenting
  • One Final Thought
  • Sample Family Contracts

References

Index

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