Family Perception of Rapists and Pedophiles

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry A. Bass ◽  
Marc David Levant
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Parental Communication ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
Comparison Groups

Previous research indicates that sex offenders were more likely to have been reared in dysfunctional families and to have identified less with their parents than were individuals in most comparison groups. It is unclear whether such failure to identify may be related to the perceived parenting styles and attitudes of the sex offenders' parents. 16 rapists, 18 pedophiles, 9 general offenders, and 11 college students completed the Children's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory to assess perceived parental communication patterns and attitudes. It was predicted that rapists and pedophiles would perceive their parents as (1) having been more rejecting, (2) as having exerted more control while encouraging less autonomy, and (3) as having provided harsher discipline than would individuals in comparison groups. Results supported the first two predictions.

scholarly journals Procrastination and Anxiety among Indian college students: The role of perceived parenting styles, locus of control and self efficacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simantini Ghosh ◽  
Nayantara Vohra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
Mental Health Concern ◽  
History Of ◽  
General Self Efficacy

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors associated with procrastination and anxiety, both of which can impact a student’s college experience significantly. The research question we examined was whether perceived parenting styles, locus of control and self-efficacy could predict anxiety and procrastination in our sample of college students. The participants were college students in India (N = 156), who responded to an online survey with self-report questionnaires measuring the variables of interest. The results found that procrastination was significantly correlated with general (r = -0.597) and social self-efficacy (r = -0.241), and locus of control (r = 0.276), while anxiety was significantly correlated with these variables (r = -0.420, r = -0.248, r = 0.294, respectively) and the acceptance-involvement dimension of parenting (r = -0.227). A multivariate regression was conducted with procrastination and anxiety as outcome variables, locus of control, social and general self-efficacy, parental acceptance-involvement, parental strictness-supervision, and helicopter parenting included as covariates and gender, history of child sexual abuse, history of parental neglect, and ongoing treatment for a mental health concern included as factors. These predictors significantly contributed to the variance in procrastination (R2 = 0.3826) and anxiety (R2 = 0.4009). General self-efficacy emerged as the only significant predictor ( = -0.612) of procrastination in the model described, while gender ( = -0.117), ongoing treatment for a mental health concern ( = 0.147) and general self-efficacy ( = -0.451) emerged as significant predictors of anxiety. These results suggest that general self-efficacy can be a variable of further investigation for interventions targeted towards improving procrastination and anxiety among college students.

Retrospective Paternal and Maternal Parenting Styles in Greece, Italy, and Sweden

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 399-408
Author(s):  
Semira Tagliabue ◽  
Maria Giulia Olivari ◽  
Elisabeth Hertfelt Wahn ◽  
Katerina Maridaki-Kassotaki ◽  
Katerina Antonopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
Parental Roles ◽  
Maternal Parenting ◽  
Mixed Anova ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Permissive Parenting ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Structural Invariance

Abstract. Discrepancies in perceived parenting and parental roles across European countries could be due to the use of different assessment techniques or due to mean level differences in the authoritative, authoritarian, or permissive parenting styles. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ; Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen, & Hart, 1995 , 2001 ) in a sample of 225 Greek, 301 Italian, and 279 Swedish adolescents aged 16–19 years, who evaluated their father’s and mother’s parenting styles during their childhood. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), multigroup CFA, and modified version of the correlated uniqueness model were used to evaluate the structure and invariance of the scale across countries. Measurement and structural invariance was found in the 8-item authoritative scale and 6-item authoritarian scale. A mixed ANOVA (Country × Style × Role) showed that Swedish mothers scored lower than Italian or Greek mothers, and that, in the three countries, mothers were perceived as more authoritative than were fathers.

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