The Psychology of Parental Control by Wendy S Grolnick

The Psychology of Parental Control by Wendy S Grolnick

What is parental control? Is it positive or negative? Are there alternatives to control and how might we apply them? This book addresses these and other questions about the meaning and predictors of parental control, as well as its consequences for children's adjustment and well-being.

"Grolnick demonstrates incredible skill in explaining the results of scientific studies of parenting in a manner that will be relevant to all readers, be they students, scholars, clinicians, or parentsHighly recommended."
—CHOICE

"The book examines the concept of parental control and discusses what research has found about the effects of control on children's development. The book also discusses specific ways parents exert control, examines the effects of control on various goals parents have for their children, examines autonomy support, and explores how parents can implement autonomy-supportive parenting in the realms of school, sports, and social activities."
—ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education

"It is a clear, well-written and practical text that would be useful for academic courses in psychology and teacher education and to parents as well....there is much in this book to recommend. The discussion of cultural and ethnic differences in the perceptions of parental behavior....the discussion of parental ego involvement, particularly as it relates to the child's intelligence and school success, could be enlarged into a book unto itself....the discussion of informational vs. controlling praise is as interesting as it is counter-intuitive. This book is recommended with the hope that it gets a wide reading."
—Metapsychology

Wendy S. Grolnick, PhD (Longmeadow, MA), professor of psychology at Clark University, is one of the nation's leading parenting researchers. She has conducted pioneering studies on the role parents play in children's motivation and achievement. Dr. Grolnick has been interviewed on National Public Radio's The Public Eye and is frequently quoted in Parents magazine, Family Circle, and Newsday, among other journals. She is the author of The Psychology of Parental Control in addition to many scholarly articles.

Kathy Seal (Santa Monica, CA) is a nationally known parenting journalist and coauthor of Motivated Minds--a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Family Circle, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other publications.

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ISBN 13	9780805835410
ISBN 10	0805835415
Title	The Psychology of Parental Control
Author	Wendy S Grolnick
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2002-08-01
Number of pages	200
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