PSYC 2300H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Norm (Social), Protective Factor, The Strongest
18 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2 - psychosocial influences on mental health. People are not simply shaped by their environments, because each person can also be an agent of change. People can make decisions and engage in behaviours that alter their environments. One basic way this can occur is in terms of the company we keep. Familial factors: parenting style: diana baumrind (1971) identified three parenting styles, authoritarian parenting, permissive parenting, authoritative parenting. Authoritarian parents: tend to be restrictive, punitive, and overcontrolling, children respond to the perceived harshness of their parents with externalizing problems or internalizing problems (hetherington & martin, 1986; patterson & Stouthamer- loeber, 1984). leads to poorer intellectual and social development (see clarke- stewart & apfel, Show little involvement and may seem disinterested in their children: this type of parenting style is also associated with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children. Is most adaptive approach for a child: fine balance between pushing demands on the child and responding with love.
