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The last study was conducted by Ritter (2005). The participants for this study were drawn from the junior and senior classes of a large suburban high school in the Midwest, with participants ranging between the ages of 16 and 18 (Ritter, 2005). The researcher used the Individual Protective Factors Index (Springer & Phillips, 1997) and the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991). The goal was to determine if an association existed between the developments of resiliency and parenting styles utilizing Baumrind’s parenting style typologies, authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative styles of parenting (Ritter, 2005). Results from the study established that authoritative parenting style was associated with high levels of resiliency, while authoritarian and permissive parenting styles were most often associated with low resiliency (Ritter, 2005). Members of the high resiliency group had a stronger sense of self-efficacy and indicated a higher commitment to their educational pursuits. Participants with high resiliency had more confidence, self-esteem, and had more self-control than participants in low resiliency group. Additionally, those in the high resiliency group scored higher in domains such as assertiveness, cooperation, and confidence and exhibited stronger pro-social values (Ritter, 2005). The majority of individuals in the high resiliency group had at least one authoritative parent, and 84% of participants with high resiliency had both parents who were

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