Parenting styles, social competency and type A behavior in children

This study examined parenting styles, Type A behavior in parents and children, and social competence in children. Fifty 1st-6th grade children, parents, and their teachers participated. Parental Type A behavior was correlated with a controlling parental style, but not with pressuring the child to achieve. Parenting styles associated with both control and achievement pressure were related to impatient and aggressive behaviors in children, as measured by the teacher-scored Type A behavior instrument. In addition, impatience and aggressiveness in the children were negatively correlated with the child's peer sociability and ability to function at school. Parenting, Type A behavior, and social competency in children may play important roles in the origins of detrimental components of Type A behavior, impatience and aggression.