Parenting styles and adolescents

The bachelor thesis focuses on parenting styles in relation to adolescents. The thesis starts with a literature review summarizing current knowledge on this issue. In the first part of the literature review, the topic of parenting styles is put into a broader context of the current development of the family. Furthermore, it outlines basic assumptions on which current research is based. The core part of the literature review offers a list of the most important topics of current research. Although the thesis draws mostly from foreign literature, it also mentions Czech authors contributing to this issue. The following empirical part presents a research project which is thematically linked to the literature review. It focuses on the phenomenon of emerging adulthood and its implications for parenting, which seems to be quite specific during this period of adolescent's development. The research has a qualitative design which aims to reveal essential features and characteristics of parenting in the period of emerging adulthood. Key words: Parenting styles, adolescents, famil