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their own life-skills development. The parenting style index consisted of the two
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four domains: interpersonal communication, decision making, health maintenance, and
identity development. Simultaneous regression results indicated that parental
responsiveness significantly predicted life-skills development in all four domains
even when age, gender, and socioeconomic status were taken into account; whereas,
parental demandingness was not a significant predictor in any of the four domains of
life-skills development. The results of this study suggest that positive life-skills
development in older adolescents is related to having been reared by a parenting
style high in responsiveness. Recommendations are included regarding the need to
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