Young Children’s Risk-Taking: Mothers’ Authoritarian Parenting Predicts Risk-Taking by Daughters but Not Sons

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for boys and girls in the study.

	Boys ()						Girls ()
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Skewness	Kurtosis	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Skewness	Kurtosis
IBC	52.56	1.48	36.00	73.00	.20		50.66	1.82	31.00	76.00	.21	−1.18
PSAI	65.70	1.33	40.55	81.25		.19	37.69	1.70	14.15	72.54	.45	.37
Mother femininity	5.07	.11	3.50	6.30		−.32	4.93	.10	3.20	6.65		.34
Mother masculinity	5.22	.11	3.47	6.79		.19	4.97	.10	2.89	6.26
Mother androgyny	4.42	.07	3.35	5.50	.34	.76	4.37	.05	3.60	5.35
Authoritative PS	61.12	.92	44.00	70.0	−1.08	1.26	59.54	1.01	41.00	72.00
Authoritarian PS	21.35	.79	14.00	35.00	.84	.42	20.78	.78	12.00	43.00	1.32	1.39
Permissive PS	9.93	.37	6.00	16.00	.40		10.42	.47	6.00	18.00
Age	3.28	.16	2.00	5.00	.43		3.70	.14	2.00	5.00
Family income	6.77	.41	1.00	9.00	−1.00		6.42	.37	1.00	9.00

Note. PSAI = Preschool Activities Inventory (higher numbers reflect more engagement in masculine activities); IBC = Injury Behavior Checklist (higher numbers reflect more risk-taking); PS = parenting style.