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The Influence of Parenting Styles on Children's Mental Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2025 | Viewed by 4496

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Dr. Marco Tommasi

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Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Interests: psychological well-being; assessment; validation and standardization of psychometric instruments
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Dr. Maria Rita Sergi

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Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Interests: psychological well-being; assessment; validation and standardization of psychometric instruments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A number of studies have indicated the association between parenting styles and children’s mental health. The literature presents four fundamental types of parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and negligent) that are characterized by different combinations of affection and control. In the authoritarian style, there is a low level of affection and high level of control; in the authoritative style, there is a high level of affection and control; in the permissive style, there is a high level of affection and low level of control; in the negligent style, there is a low level of affection and control. Some studies showed a connection between the authoritarian and the negligent parent styles and difficulties in children’ or adolescents’ emotion regulation and externalizing problems. The authoritative style has been shown to be a protective factor on child and adolescent well-being. However, the effects of parenting styles on mental health are still not deeply analyzed.

This current Special Issue seeks papers dedicated to the definition of all possible consequences of parenting style and family roles on the mental health, behavior, and development of children and adolescents. This Special Issue seeks original studies or meta-analyses that address issues such as (but not limited to) the association between parenting style and mental health, behavior, or psychological well-being both for research or clinical purposes. We welcome quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. We envision that clinicians, researchers, and policymakers could use the reported findings to develop social, clinical, or supporting interventions for families.

Dr. Marco Tommasi
Dr. Maria Rita Sergi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • parenting styles
  • children’s mental health
  • adolescents’ mental health
  • emotion regulation
  • psychological well-being
  • family roles

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The Indirect Effects of Fathers’ Parenting Style and Parent Emotion Regulation on the Relationship Between Father Self-Efficacy and Children’s Mental Health Difficulties
by Alicia Carbone, Carmela Pestell, Thom Nevill and Vincent Mancini
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22010011 - 25 Dec 2024
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Improving parental self-efficacy has been linked with reductions in child mental health difficulties; however, underlying mechanisms remain unclear, especially for fathers. This study investigated whether father self-efficacy influences child mental health difficulties indirectly through parenting style and parent-facilitated regulation of children’s negative emotions. [...] Read more.
Improving parental self-efficacy has been linked with reductions in child mental health difficulties; however, underlying mechanisms remain unclear, especially for fathers. This study investigated whether father self-efficacy influences child mental health difficulties indirectly through parenting style and parent-facilitated regulation of children’s negative emotions. A community sample of American fathers (N = 350, M = 39.45 years old) completed self-reports on father self-efficacy, parenting styles, parent-facilitated emotion regulation, and their children’s mental health difficulties (aged 4–12). Path analysis was used to test a cross-sectional, parallel–sequential indirect effect model. Father self-efficacy had a significant indirect effect on child mental health difficulties via three significant pathways of permissive parenting, authoritative parenting–acceptance of child’s negative emotions, and authoritarian parenting–avoidance of child’s negative emotions. Our model explained a moderate amount of variance in child mental health difficulties. The findings support promoting father self-efficacy through parenting interventions and highlight parenting beliefs as important for clinicians providing child mental health care. Full article
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Early Family Conflict and Behavioral Outcomes in Children from Low-Income Families: The Indirect Effects of Parental Depression and Parenting Practices
by Rong Huang, Rachel Chazan-Cohen and Delaina Carlson
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(12), 1664; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21121664 - 13 Dec 2024
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Family conflict has been demonstrated as a risk factor impacting children’s mental health and behaviors; however, the mechanisms underlying these connections are unclear. Focusing on 1622 children from low-income families (51.4% boys, 38.3% White, 35.5% Hispanic/Latino, 22.1% African American, 4.1% other), the current [...] Read more.
Family conflict has been demonstrated as a risk factor impacting children’s mental health and behaviors; however, the mechanisms underlying these connections are unclear. Focusing on 1622 children from low-income families (51.4% boys, 38.3% White, 35.5% Hispanic/Latino, 22.1% African American, 4.1% other), the current study examines the role that maternal depression and parenting behaviors play in the associations between family conflict in early childhood and children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors in early adolescence. Family conflict was positively associated with maternal depression at age 3 and detached parenting at age 5; however, maternal depression was linked to increased child internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and detached parenting was associated with decreased behavioral outcomes. Maternal depression at age 3 and intrusive parenting at age 5 successively mediated the association between family conflict and child externalizing. Multi-group analysis indicated different indirect paths of parenting behaviors in boys and girls. Specifically, in boys, the indirect effect of detached parenting on the links between family conflict and externalizing and internalizing behaviors was sustained. In girls, maternal depression and intrusive parenting sequentially explained the link between family conflict and externalizing behaviors. The findings highlighted the importance of addressing family well-being and parenting support, especially for children from low-income families. Full article
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