Search results for: In the 1960s, Diana Baumrind conducted research on parenting styles and their impact on child development. She focused on two key dimensions of parenting: Warmth/Responsiveness: Support, affection, and acceptance shown towards the child. Demandingness/Control: Level of expectations, rules, and monitoring of child's behavior. Based on these dimensions, Baumrind identified three primary parenting styles: Authoritative: High warmth, high demandingness. Authoritarian: Low warmth, high demandingness. Permissive: High warmth, low demandingness.