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Although in developmental and family psychology, studying variations in parenting styles (democratic/ authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful) and parent-child relationship quality (cohesion, conflict) are long-standing research topics, the underlying mechanisms associated with the relationships between parenting styles and parent-adolescent relationships have rarely been examined. The purpose of the research is to examine the possible mediating effects of adolescents' perceptions of parenting styles for the degree of responsiveness, control, and affection on the link between parenting styles and the variability of relational conflict and cohesion in adolescent development. The sample consisted of 80 teenagers from the 9th grade (high schools, vocational schools, technical colleges) (64.56% girls and 35.44% boys), aged between 15 and 17 years and 21 parents (13.04% men, 86.96% women) from Romania. It was analyzed in addition to teenagers' perception of parenting styles and the degree of cohesion, flexibility/ adaptability in the family, from the perspective of teens and parents. Parenting styles are critical family context factors and are closely related to parent-adolescent relationships, according to previous research results (Shek, 2002), but it is important to note that adolescents may perceive parenting styles differently from adults. In conclusion, the partial results of the research show that the democratic/ authoritative parenting style is the most frequently reported by adolescents, but the number of fathers belonging to the neglectful style is higher than that of mothers, the number of mothers who support the child in the development of autonomy and make the child responsible is higher than that of fathers, and the number of fathers who never hug their children is higher than that of mothers.
Keywords: parenting styles, adolescents, control, warmth, cohesion
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