“…Evidence suggests that adolescents who have authoritative parents exhibit greater mastery across academic and social domains (Glasgow, Dornbusch, Troyer, Steinberg, & Ritter, 1997;Gonzalez, Doan Holbein, & Quilter, 2002;Steinberg, Elmen, & Mounts, 1989), within and outside of the United States (Ingoldsby, Schvaneveldt, Supple, & Bush, 2004;Lim & Leng Loo, 2003). Thus, authoritative parenting appears to influence two key aspects of adolescents' self-development: their development of self-worth and sense of agency.…”