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Parenting styles and socio-demographic dynamics associated with mental health of in-school adolescents in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 31 , issue 2 , 2019 , pages: 109–124

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2019.1662426

Author(s): Abimbola M Obimakinde Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria , Olayinka Omigbodun Department of Psychiatry, Nigeria , Olurotimi Adejumo Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nigeria , Babatunde Adedokun Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Nigeria

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Abstract

Background: Positive parenting and enabling socio-demography, engenders good conduct in adolescence. Balanced parental demandingness and emotional responsiveness, deployed by authoritative parents, supports adolescents’ mental health. Parental emotional responsiveness deters peer-pressured risky behaviours; while parental negligence, permissiveness, or demandingness encourages mental health problems. This is especially in the context of unfavourable socio-demographic setting.

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