Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Mostly researcher emphasis on authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles in their researches and ignore the permissive and negligent parenting styles. Additionally, there is a dearth of data on the impacts of the four parenting styles (i.e. authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and neglectful) on children’s behavioral outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to look at the findings of research that have looked at the connection between all four parenting styles and behaviour of children that have been published in various countries throughout the world. Such a review is helpful and beneficial for the scientific community.

This review examines the literature about the effects of parenting styles on children’s behavioural problems in different cultures. 767 publications were found after a preliminary literature search. Successive screening of titles and abstracts identified 121 potentially related studies. These were saved in full text for additional checks in order to further verify if they corresponded to the goals of the review. Inclusion criteria produced 51 studies from the various countries including the United States, India, Pakistan, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Spain, Iran, etc. Results indicate that parenting styles have an effect on behaviour of children. Based on the literature review we conclude that this impact of parenting styles may differ across societies.