Diana Baumrind (23 August 1927-) was an American clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of the use of deception in psychological research.
Biography[]
Diana Baumrind was born in New York City in 1927, and she served as a staff psychologist in Berkeley, California before working as a lawyer, as a director of Public Health Service projects, and as a consultant for a state project. She went on to become a developmental psychologist at UC Berkeley, becoming known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of the use of deception in psychological research. Her parenting style types were:
- Authoritative - Set clear limits, enforce rules, warm with high control
- Authoritarian - "Strict", low warmth, high control
- Permissive - Few rules, nurturing, high warmth, low control
- Rejecting/neglecting - Low warmth, low control