AUTHOR=Kirby James N. , Grzazek Olivia , Gilbert Paul TITLE=The Role of Compassionate and Self-Image Goals in Predicting Psychological Controlling and Facilitative Parenting Styles JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=10 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01041 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01041 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
People enter into parental roles with a range of different motivations for parenting. To date, however, there is limited research assessing maternal motivations, concerns, and anxieties in their parenting styles. While some mothers are confident and child focused, others have concerns with performing parenting behaviors, and can be self-focused, shame prone, and self-judgmental. Two studies explored these two dimensions in relation to degree of controlling and facilitative parenting styles in the mothers of 3–9-year-old children. In study one, 151 mothers took part in an online survey measuring these two dimensions using the compassionate goals and self-image goals scales (