Conclusie:
Bij basisschoolkinderen is een controlerende opvoedingsstijl van moeders sterker gerelateerd met minder angst, terwijl bij voortgezet-onderwijs-kinderen (adolescentie) een op kinderlijke autonomie georiënteerde opvoedingsstijl van vaders sterker gerelateerd is met minder angst. Kinderen lijken dus, wanneer ze jong zijn beter te varen bij een sturende en structurerende moeder en wanneer ze ouder zijn weer beter te varen bij een minder sturende en controlerende en meer op de kinderlijke autonomie en zelfstandigheid gerichte vader.
Zie:
Unique Roles of Mothering and Fathering in Child Anxiety; Moderation by Child’s Age and Gender
J Child Fam Stud, Marjolein Verhoeven, Susan M. Bögels and Corine C. van der Bruggen, 21(2), 331–343, April 2012
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3304056
Abstract
We examined the associations between the parenting dimensions autonomy granting, over control, and rejection and children’s anxiety, in relation to parent and child gender and child age. Elementary school-aged children (n = 179, Mage = 10.27, SD = 1.30), adolescents (n = 127, Mage = 15.02, SD = 1.54) and both their parents completed questionnaires on parenting and children’s anxiety. Parenting was more strongly related to child anxiety in elementary school children than in adolescents. Maternal over control was uniquely related to elementary school-aged children’s anxiety whereas paternal over control was more important during adolescence. Opposite to our expectations, we found higher levels of parental autonomy granting to be related to higher levels of anxiety for younger elementary school-aged children (age < 10). For adolescents, the association between paternal over control and anxiety was stronger for older adolescents (age > 15), with higher levels of over control related to higher levels of anxiety. For both elementary school-aged children and adolescents, the associations between parenting and child anxiety did not differ as a function of the child’s gender. If we are to understand the associations between parenting and children’s anxiety, it is important to distinguish parental autonomy granting from parental over control and to consider the role of parent gender and the age of the child.
Keywords: Anxiety, Mothering, Fathering, Adolescence, Childhood
Dutch research on parenting style of dads and mums and anxiety development with children:
Conclusion:
Regarding anxiety, young primary school children seem to fare better with a controlling mum offering structure to the young child, while older secundary school children seem to fare better with an autonomy oriented dad offering independance and responsibility to the adolescent child.
