Robert Larzelere

editor of "Authoritative Parenting: Synthesizing Nurturance and Discipline for Optimal Child Development"

February 4, 2014

Robert E. (Bob) Larzelere (Ph.D., Penn State, 1979) is the Endowed Professor of Parenting in Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University. The most cited of his 77 publications are on statistical and causal methodology, scale development, and child outcomes of parental discipline, especially for reasoning and nonphysical and physical punishment and combinations among them, including how child outcomes vary by disciplinary responses. His latest book (co-edited) is "Authoritative Parenting" (APA Press, 2013), featuring Diana Baumrind and 26 other experts on the latest scholarship on that optimal type of parenting.

Psychologist Diana Baumrind's revolutionary prototype of optimal parenting, called authoritative parenting, has become the bedrock of parenting research. In contrast to other parenting styles emphasizing responsiveness alone (permissive parenting) or demandingness alone (authoritarian parenting), authoritative parenting combines high levels of both responsiveness and demandingness. The result is an effective mix of warm nurturance and firm discipline. In this book, leading scholars update our thinking about authoritative parenting, demonstrating that it fosters high achievement, emotional adjustment, self-reliance, and social confidence in children and adolescents. The book will inform prevention and intervention efforts to help parents maximize their children's potential.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2014-honorees/robert-larzelere

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