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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Syst Health. 2014 Feb 17;32(2):176–185. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000008

Table 2.

Parenting Style* as Reported by Youth and Parents

Baseline 6 month 12 month p values +
mean (95% CI) mean (95% CI) mean (95% CI) Baseline to 6 months Baseline to 12 months
YOUTH
Normative Tasks
    Authoritarian 0.33 (0.29-0.36) 0.29(0.24-0.33) 0.24 (0.18-0.29) 0.008 <0.00
    Authoritative 0.24 (0.21-0.27) 0.26(0.22-0.29) 0.28 (0.23-0.33) 0.33 0.018
    Permissive 0.43 (0.39-0.46) 0.45(0.40-0.49) 0.48 (0.42-0.54) 0.037 0.012
Diabetes Tasks
    Authoritarian 0.25 (0.21-0.29) 0.23(0.17-0.24) 0.15 (0.09-0.20) 0.13 0.003
    Authoritative 0.27 (0.23-0.31) 0.23(0.18-0.28) 0.29 (0.23-0.35) 0.075 0.61
    Permissive 0.47 (0.42-0.52) 0.53(0.47-0.59) 0.56 (0.47-0.64) 0.004 0.099
PARENTS
Normative Tasks
    Authoritarian 0.39 (0.35-0.43) 0.35(0.30-0.40) 0.30 (0.24-0.36) 0.16 0.007
    Authoritative 0.30 (0.26-0.34) 0.33(0.29-0.38) 0.36 (0.30-0.41) 0.027 0.026
    Permissive 0.29 (0.25-0.33) 0.25(0.21-0.30) 0.28 (0.22-0.35) 0.58 0.44
Diabetes Tasks
    Authoritarian 0.20 (0.15-0.25) 0.19(0.14-0.24) 0.16 (0.09-0.22) 1.0 0.72
    Authoritative 0.35 (0.29-0.40) 0.33(0.27-0.39) 0.33 (0.25-0.41) 0.77 0.37
    Permissive 0.44 (0.37-0.50) 0.41(0.35-0.48) 0.45 (0.36-0.55) 0.64 0.24
*

Percentage of responses falling within each parenting style for each of the domains (normative and diabetes tasks)

+

p values from paired t-test comparisons, baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months for subjects with both assessments.