Parenting Styles and Self-regulation among Asian American and European American College Students

What is it about?

Parenting styles have important implications on individuals' self-regulation development. It has been found that Asian Americans and European Americans differ in their levels of parenting styles as well as self-regulation abilities. However, few studies have explored the association between parenting styles and individuals' self-regulation skills among emerging adults from these two ethnic groups. Therefore, this paper examined Asian American and European American college students' perception of their parents' parenting styles, their own self-regulation abilities, and the associations between parenting styles and self-regulation.

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Why is it important?

Effects of parenting styles on individuals' development, especially those of authoritarian parenting, may differ based on individuals' ethnic background. Since not many studies have examined the connection between parenting styles and self-regulation across Asian Americans and European Americans, our study attempted to address this gap. We found that parenting styles were similarly related to self-regulation for college students from these two ethnic groups, and our results highlighted the importance of enhancing authoritative parenting and reducing authoritarian parenting to promote self-regulation competence in college students.