Parenting style, coping efficacy, and risk-taking behavior in Chinese young adults

• DOI: 10.1017/prp.2019.24
• Publication Date: 2020-01-13T13:29:14Z
• Authors: Chengting Ju; Rina Wu; Baoshan Zhang; Xuqun You; Yun Luo
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; 3. Good health

The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between three parenting styles (warmth, rejection, and overprotection), coping efficacy and risk-taking behavior in Chinese young adults. A total of 719 subjects completed three instruments: the Egna Minneu av Bardndosnauppforstran, the Coping Efficacy Questionnaire and the Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling results showed that maternal warmth (negatively) and rejection (positively), but not overprotection, correlated with risk-taking behavior via coping efficacy, whereas paternal rejection and overprotection (positively), but not warmth, correlated with risk-taking behavior via coping efficacy. These results suggest that parenting styles indirectly associate with risk-taking behavior through coping efficacy in young adults.