Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of parental rearing attitudes on psychosocial development of adolescents. The data were taken from the first-year and third-year data of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), which had been conducted annually from 2010 to 2016. The sample included 2,345 students who responded to questions regarding parental rearing attitudes in 2010. Latent profile analysis yielded four Classes (Class 1-‘general’, Class 2-‘negative parenting’, Class 3-‘positive parenting’, Class 4-‘both positive and negative parenting’). Overall, Class 3 showed the lowest levels of emotional symptoms, and the highest levels of variables related to self-awareness and life satisfaction. Class 4 also showed relatively low levels of aggression, somatic symptoms, and depressive symptoms, and higher levels of variables related to self-awareness and life satisfaction than those in Class 1 and Class 2. Thus, the results of this study can help in understanding the types of parental rearing attitudes and their longitudinal associations with psychosocial development.