4 types of Parenting Styles The four parenting styles used in psychology are authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful parenting style. They are based on the work of developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960s. Eleanor Maccoby and John Martin at Stanford University expanded the model in the 1980s. Diana Baumrind’s Parenting … Continue reading 4 Types of Parenting Styles and Their Effects On Children