The relationship between parenting styles and positive development of Chinese adolescents : A series of meta-analytic studies

Abstract:  Previous meta-analytic studies have mostly examined the effects of family parenting styles on single variables in the structure of positive adolescent development, and no study has examined the effects of family parenting styles on the holistic conceptualization of positive adolescent development. Based on the positive adolescent development perspective, the present study included a series of meta-analyses (206 papers, 1822 independent effect sizes, and a total number of subjects up to 109,968) with a sample of Chinese adolescents, including three variables: academic achievement, self-esteem, and resilience. The results showed that different types of family parenting styles had a significant correlation with the three core indices of positive adolescent development, positive family parenting styles were moderately and positively correlated with positive adolescent development, and negative family parenting styles were weakly and negatively correlated with positive adolescent development, and the moderating effects of female sex ratio and education stage were significant. The above results have important reference significance for comprehensively and profoundly understanding the development resource value of family parenting style under the Chinese cultural background, and further promoting the positive development of adolescents.