Table 1.

Means and standard deviations of all study variables except parenting styles.

	Indulgent		Neglectful		Authoritarian		Authoritative		Group differences
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Beliefs about mother’s authority	2.37	2.16	2.09	1.99	2.37	2.48	2.75	2.71	Aut > Aun & Ind > Neg;
	(0.56)	(0.44)	(0.48)	(0.44)	(0.59)	(0.58)	(0.54)	(0.52)	Ind: M > F
Beliefs about father’s authority	2.39	2.12	2.00	1.94	2.34	2.43	2.73	2.70	Aut > Aun & Ind > Neg;
	(0.60)	(0.46)	(0.56)	(0.53)	(0.62)	(0.61)	(0.59)	(0.55)	Ind: M > F
Expectation for behavioral autonomy	2.52	2.45	2.71	2.67	2.50	2.34	2.24	2.14	Neg & Ind & Aun > Aut
	(0.68)	(0.57)	(0.67)	(0.59)	(0.66)	(0.66)	(0.69)	(0.52)
Frequency of conflict with mother	3.18	3.52	3.93	4.33	3.63	4.33	3.63	3.05	No significant difference
	(3.18)	(2.86)	(2.86)	(3.65)	(3.06)	(3.02)	(3.25)	(2.88)
Frequency of conflict with father	2.20	2.50	2.63	2.44	2.63	3.00	2.87	2.37	No significant difference
	(2.70)	(2.57)	(2.35)	(2.49)	(3.02)	(2.72)	(2.98)	(2.69)
Intensity of conflict with mother	1.45	1.47	1.74	1.75	1.62	1.64	1.55	1.43	Neg & Aun > Ind;
	(0.43)	(0.42)	(0.61)	(0.65)	(0.55)	(0.52)	(0.53)	(0.40)	Neg > Aut
Intensity of conflict with father	1.42	1.47	1.79	1.59	1.65	1.61	1.54	1.42	Neg & Aun > Ind
	(0.42)	(0.49)	(0.88)	(0.66)	(0.82)	(0.67)	(0.61)	(0.44)
Cohesion with mother	3.48	3.70	3.10	2.94	3.34	3.48	3.64	4.03	Aut > Ind > Aun > Neg;
	(0.50)	(0.51)	(0.65)	(0.70)	(0.54)	(0.67)	(0.56)	(0.55)	Ind & Aut: F > M
Cohesion with father	3.53	3.56	3.05	2.95	3.25	3.33	3.76	3.78	Aut > Ind > Aun > Neg
	(0.57)	(0.68)	(0.72)	(0.81)	(0.72)	(0.72)	(0.63)	(0.64)

Aut, authoritative parenting style; Aun, authoritarian parenting style; Neg, neglect parenting style; Ind, indulgent parenting style. M, male adolescents; F, female adolescents. Bonferroni post hoc tests were used.