Diana Baumrind

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Diana Baumrind
Diana Blumberg Baumrind c. 1965
Born(1927-08-23)August 23, 1927
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 13, 2018(2018-09-13) (aged 91)[1]
Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma materHunter College
University of California, Berkeley
Employer(s)Cowell Memorial Hospital
University of California, Berkeley
U. S. Public Health Service
Known forParenting styles
Academic background
Doctoral advisorHubert Coffey
InfluencesTheodor Adorno
Else Frenkel-Brunswik
Egon Brunswik
David Krech
Academic work
DisciplineDevelopmental psychologist

Diana Blumberg Baumrind (August 23, 1927 – September 13, 2018) was a clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of the use of deception in psychological research.

Early life and education

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Baumrind was born into a Jewish community in New York City, the first of two daughters of Hyman and Mollie Blumberg. She completed her B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hunter College in 1948, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was entitled "Some personality and situational determinants of behaviour in a discussion group".[3]

Career

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After being awarded her doctorate she served as a staff psychologist at Cowell Memorial Hospital in Berkeley. She was also director of two U. S. Public Health Service projects and a consultant on a California state project. From 1958-1960 she also had a private practice in Berkeley.[4]

She was a developmental psychologist at the Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley.[5] She was known for her research on parenting styles[6][7] and for her critique of deception in psychological research, especially Stanley Milgram's controversial experiment.[8][9][10]

Baumrind defined three parenting styles:

  • Authoritarian: the authoritarian parenting style is characterized by high demandingness with low responsiveness. The authoritarian parent is rigid, harsh, and demanding. Abusive parents usually fall in this category (although Baumrind is careful to emphasize that not all authoritarian parents are abusive).
  • Permissive: this parenting style is characterized by low demandingness with high responsiveness. The permissive parent is overly responsive to the child's demands, seldom enforcing consistent rules. The "spoiled" child often has permissive parents.
  • Authoritative: this parenting style is characterized by high demandingness with huge responsiveness. The authoritative parent is firm but not rigid, willing to make an exception when the situation warrants. The authoritative parent is responsive to the child's needs but not indulgent. Baumrind makes it clear that she favors the authoritative style.

Baumrind studied the effects of corporal punishment on children, and concluded that mild spanking, in the context of an authoritative (not authoritarian) parenting style, is unlikely to have a significant detrimental effect, if one is careful to control for other variables such as socioeconomic status.[11] She observed that previous studies demonstrating a correlation between corporal punishment and bad outcomes failed to control for variables such as socioeconomic status. Low-income families are more likely to employ corporal punishment compared with affluent families. Children from low-income neighborhoods are more likely to commit violent crimes compared with children from affluent neighborhoods. But Baumrind believed that when appropriate controls are made for family income and other independent variables, mild corporal punishment per se does not increase the likelihood of bad outcomes.[12] This assertion has in turn attracted criticism and counterpoints from other researchers in the same publication, for example: Whether harmful or not, there is still no consistent evidence of beneficial effects.[13]

She was influenced in her studies by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Egon Brunswik, and David Krech[2]

Baumrind died in September 2018 following a car accident.[1]

See also

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  • Parenting style - Maccoby and Martin expanded Baumrind's three parenting styles to four: authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent and neglectful.

References

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  1. ^ a b Raguso, Emilie (24 February 2020). "Elderly driver who killed renowned psychologist in crash to appear in court". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Vande Kemp, Hendrika (2000). "Baumrind, Diana Blumberg". Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 80–84. ISBN 978-1-57607-213-4. OCLC 45129297.
  3. ^ Diana Baumrind (1955). "Some personality and situational determinants of behavior in a discussion group". Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. 22. New York City: H. W. Wilson Company: 133. ISSN 1046-9222. OCLC 1771396.
  4. ^ "The Authors". Children. Vol. 12, no. 6. December 1965. p. 210. ISSN 0009-4064. OCLC 2097225.
  5. ^ Baumrind CV
  6. ^ Diana Baumrind & Parenting Styles
  7. ^ Wade, Dorothy (2005-10-15). "There's a brat in my kitchen". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  8. ^ Baumrind D (1964). "Some Thoughts on Ethics of Research: After Reading Milgram's "Behavioral Study of Obedience"". American Psychologist. 19 (6): 421–423. doi:10.1037/h0040128.
  9. ^ Baumrind D (1971). "Principles of Ethical Conduct in the Treatment of Subjects: Reaction to the Draft Report of the Committee on Ethical Standards in Psychological Research". American Psychologist. 26 (10): 887–896. doi:10.1037/h0032145.
  10. ^ Baumrind D (February 1985). "Research using intentional deception. Ethical issues revisited". Am Psychol. 40 (2): 165–74. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.40.2.165. PMID 3985477.
  11. ^ Goode, Erica (2001-08-25). "Findings Give Some Support To Advocates of Spanking". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  12. ^ Baumrind D, Larzelere RE, Cowan PA (July 2002). "Ordinary physical punishment: is it harmful? Comment on Gershoff (2002)" (PDF). Psychol Bull. 128 (4): 580–9. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.580. PMID 12081082.
  13. ^ Gershoff, Elizabeth (2002). "Corporal Punishment, Physical Abuse, and the Burden of Proof: Reply to Baumrind, Larzelere, and Cowan (2002), Holden (2002), and Parke (2002)" (PDF). Psychological Bulletin. 128 (4): 602–611. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.602.

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