Role of Authoritative Parenting: Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescence is a time when family relationships influence emotional, social, and behavioural improvements. This study focused on the impact of authoritative parenting on the protective factors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Authoritative parenting, which involves warmth, emotional responsiveness, and support of autonomy, is associated with positive psychological and academic outcomes. This study analyses the data of the mentioned topics from 2000 to 2025 and shows that parenting style of authoritative parenting shows to have fewer externalizing behaviours, better emotional regulation, increased resilience and improvement in school adjustment. This review examines the ACEs and the potential of positive parenting to diminish the negative mental health impacts. A secondary meta-analytic synthesis of major published reviews explains that the effects of parenting style on outcomes in adolescence is small to moderate. Emotional regulation is viewed as a mediator of the parenting style and the resultant adolescent resilience. The research calls for the development of culturally responsive caregiver interventions supportive of high-risk families. Overall, the protective factors of parenting style when balancing warmth and emotional responsiveness positively impact vulnerability to depression, behavioural and emotional dysregulation and adversity experienced as a child.