Kids from authoritarian families are relatively well-behaved.
Overall, studies report that kids from authoritarian families get into less trouble than kids from permissive or uninvolved families.
This is true for drug and alcohol use, and it seems to be the case for other risky behaviors, like driving without a seat belt (Ginsburg et al 2004).
It’s also true for “externalizing behavior problems"--i.e., disruptive, aggressive, or anti-social behavior (e.g., Lamborn et al 1991; Sternberg et al 1996; Sternberg et al 2006; Williams et al 2009).
But we should keep two things in mind:
1. Kids from authoritarian families may not be as well-behaved as kids from authoritative families. Studies suggest, for instance, that kids exposed to authoritarian parenting show less advanced moral reasoning and self-regulation (see below).