TABLE 1.

Adolescent Competence and Adjustment as a Function of Parenting Style

	Authoritative	Authoritarian	Indulgent	Neglectful	Univariate F
Psychosocial Functioning
Temperance	3.22 (.91)a	2.93 (.91)b	2.89 (.90)b,c	2.64 (.74)c	15.57 (3, 764)***
Empathy	4.06 (.79)a	3.54 (.90)b	3.59 (.90)b	3.20 (.88)c	17.30 (3, 764)***
Responsibility	3.15 (.54)a	3.00 (.52)b	3.04 (.45)a,b	2.93 (.41)b	6.03 (3, 764)***
Resistance to peer influence	2.97 (.64)a,b	3.03 (.63)a	3.04 (.55)a	2.92 (.54)b	3.95 (3, 764)**
Academic Competence
Grades	4.59 (1.74)a,b	5.00 (2.09)a	3.94 (1.91)b	3.98 (1.92)b	6.48 (3, 714)***
School orientation	3.98 (.57)a	3.78 (.64)b	3.46 (.76)b	3.36 (.73)c	16.61 (3, 714)***
School engagement	.21 (.67)a	.26 (.66)a	−.20 (.72)b	−.07 (.69)b	7.35 (3, 714)***
Bonding to teachers	3.70 (.81)a	3.46 (.94)a,b	3.26 (.86)b,c	3.14 (.77)c	7.29 (3, 714)***
Internalized Distress
Anxiety	11.11 (6.60)a	9.55 (6.40)a	10.37 (5.42)a,b	11.04 (5.86)a,b	3.28 (3, 713)*
Depression	.30 (.60)	.44 (.80)	.62 (.90)	.38 (.72)	NS.
Externalizing Problems
Aggressive offenses	.22 (.16)a	.24 (.18)a,b	.33 (.21)b,c	.37 (.21)b,c	10.56 (3, 769)***
Income-related offenses	.21 (.21)a	.27 (.25)b	.38 (.35)b	.44 (.24)c	20.35 (3, 769)***
Substance abuse-related problems	2.28 (3.48)a	3.52 (4.32)a,b	4.23 (4.48)b	5.50 (4.49)c	12.84 (3, 769)***
Substance dependence	.91 (1.91) a	1.75 (2.96)a,b	2.05 (2.65) b	2.96 (2.94)c	17.76 (3, 769)***

^*p<.05.

^**p<.01.

^***p<.001.

Means with different superscripts are significantly different at p<.05.